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Stay Hungry: 3 Ways to Reawaken Your Entrepreneurial Drive on OPEN ForumThe tedium of owning a business can get to even the most die-hard entrepreneur. Use these tricks to get your passion back and be re-inspired. 1. Value Trivial Motivations2. You, Here and Now3. “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish!”Click here to read more on these suggestions to help re-start your business drive and invest your heart and soul into every project and task. (via Stay Hungry: 3 Ways to Reawaken Your Entrepreneurial Drive | | The New OPEN ForumThe New OPEN Forum)

Stay Hungry: 3 Ways to Reawaken Your Entrepreneurial Drive on OPEN Forum

The tedium of owning a business can get to even the most die-hard entrepreneur. Use these tricks to get your passion back and be re-inspired.

1. Value Trivial Motivations
2. You, Here and Now
3. “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish!”

Click here to read more on these suggestions to help re-start your business drive and invest your heart and soul into every project and task.

(via Stay Hungry: 3 Ways to Reawaken Your Entrepreneurial Drive | | The New OPEN ForumThe New OPEN Forum)

This image is not what The Startup Curve looks like according to Paul Graham and Fred Wilson, VC and principal of Union Square Ventures.“To all those entrepreneurs whittling away in their offices trying to find out when to release their product to the market, I say “get on with it”. You are going to have to go on the roller coaster ride at some point. Might as well start now.” - Fred Wilson (via A VC: The Startup Curve)

This image is not what The Startup Curve looks like according to Paul Graham and Fred Wilson, VC and principal of Union Square Ventures.

“To all those entrepreneurs whittling away in their offices trying to find out when to release their product to the market, I say “get on with it”. You are going to have to go on the roller coaster ride at some point. Might as well start now.” - Fred Wilson

(via A VC: The Startup Curve)

Three Reasons Every Leader Needs a BlogDo you have a blog? If not, here are three reasons why you should motivate yourself to start one:1. Leaders Need a Place to Think Out Loud2. Blogs Encourage You to Keep Learning3. Blogs Introduce You to New Connections(Via LinkedIn) (via Three Reasons Every Leader Needs a Blog | LinkedIn)

Three Reasons Every Leader Needs a Blog

Do you have a blog? If not, here are three reasons why you should motivate yourself to start one:

1. Leaders Need a Place to Think Out Loud
2. Blogs Encourage You to Keep Learning
3. Blogs Introduce You to New Connections

(Via LinkedIn)

(via Three Reasons Every Leader Needs a Blog | LinkedIn)

nycedc: With this news, you’d think Bobby Valentine is now managing New England’s tech scene: New York’s share of venture capital dollars has doubled over the last ten years while its rival, Silicon Valley, has grown at a much slower pace and New England has sputtered, a new study from the Center for an Urban Future shows. Between the first quarter of 2003 to the first quarter of this year, the New York area’s share of VC investments surged to 11.4% from 5.3%. Silicon Valley’s share rose to 31.7% from 28.6% over the same period while New England’s share fell to 10.2% from 14.8%. Read more in NY Daily News. Go #NYCTech! Chart: Center for an Urban Future report Great news for NYC tech entrepreneurs! NYC is the clear leader for where tech start ups need to be on the East Coast to get VC funding.

nycedc:

With this news, you’d think Bobby Valentine is now managing New England’s tech scene:

New York’s share of venture capital dollars has doubled over the last ten years while its rival, Silicon Valley, has grown at a much slower pace and New England has sputtered, a new study from the Center for an Urban Future shows.

Between the first quarter of 2003 to the first quarter of this year, the New York area’s share of VC investments surged to 11.4% from 5.3%.

Silicon Valley’s share rose to 31.7% from 28.6% over the same period while New England’s share fell to 10.2% from 14.8%.

Read more in NY Daily News. Go #NYCTech!

Chart: Center for an Urban Future report

Great news for NYC tech entrepreneurs! NYC is the clear leader for where tech start ups need to be on the East Coast to get VC funding.

Have you seen the new OPEN Forum?Scott Roen, Vice President of Digital Marketing and Innovation at American Express, introduces a brand new OPEN Forum by asking, why do entrepreneurs share advice? The new OPEN Forum helps entrepreneurs share ideas, get and give advice, and discuss experiences leading to small-business success.More than a redesign (though we’re pretty excited about that, too), OPEN Forum features a community where you can give and get advice. It’s where you can find, save and share insights from OPEN Forum—and from around the Web. And it’s a place for meeting fellow entrepreneurs and business owners, experts and other like-minded individuals. We recognized that building connections is still as important today as it was in 2007; it’s just how we do it that’s evolved. (via OPEN Forum: Why Do Entrepreneurs Share Advice? | | The New OPEN ForumThe New OPEN Forum)

Have you seen the new OPEN Forum?

Scott Roen, Vice President of Digital Marketing and Innovation at American Express, introduces a brand new OPEN Forum by asking, why do entrepreneurs share advice? The new OPEN Forum helps entrepreneurs share ideas, get and give advice, and discuss experiences leading to small-business success.

More than a redesign (though we’re pretty excited about that, too), OPEN Forum features a community where you can give and get advice. It’s where you can find, save and share insights from OPEN Forum—and from around the Web. And it’s a place for meeting fellow entrepreneurs and business owners, experts and other like-minded individuals. We recognized that building connections is still as important today as it was in 2007; it’s just how we do it that’s evolved.

(via OPEN Forum: Why Do Entrepreneurs Share Advice? | | The New OPEN ForumThe New OPEN Forum)

“In the words of Sir Richard Branson, ‘Screw it, just do it,’” says El Brown, founder of KinderJam, a company that facilitates music and movement-oriented tactile learning programs for children. “That’s what I tell every mother who wants to start a business.” In just four years, this mompreneur has met Oprah and expanded to 11 states and eight countries. Read more on El Brown’s startup success story on OPEN Forum.

“In the words of Sir Richard Branson, ‘Screw it, just do it,’” says El Brown, founder of KinderJam, a company that facilitates music and movement-oriented tactile learning programs for children. “That’s what I tell every mother who wants to start a business.”

In just four years, this mompreneur has met Oprah and expanded to 11 states and eight countries. Read more on El Brown’s startup success story on OPEN Forum.

Once you enable growth, you have the opportunity for exponential growth, which is what we are looking for. That, and economic diversification.

Andy White, entrepreneur and partner of VegasTechFund, on the economic and technology growth of downtown Las Vegas.

Read more on the entrepreneurs involved in Las Vegas Startup Weekend on OPEN Forum.

fastcompany: MIT neuroscientists recently watched the brains of 63 entrepreneurs and managers, and spotted a key difference: Entrepreneurs use their whole orbitofrontal cortexes, enabling them to be more flexible problem solvers.

fastcompany:

MIT neuroscientists recently watched the brains of 63 entrepreneurs and managers, and spotted a key difference: Entrepreneurs use their whole orbitofrontal cortexes, enabling them to be more flexible problem solvers.

stanfordbusiness: “You cannot delegate vision,” stated CEO of Ariat International, Inc. Beth Cross (MBA ’88). Read why Cross believes entrepreneurs should picture massive success from day one: http://stnfd.biz/kBHgw

stanfordbusiness:

“You cannot delegate vision,” stated CEO of Ariat International, Inc. Beth Cross (MBA ’88). Read why Cross believes entrepreneurs should picture massive success from day one: http://stnfd.biz/kBHgw

nasdaq: Under30CEO has compiled a terrific list of the 26 books every entrepreneur should read – including a few of our particular favorites, like Eric Reis’ The Lean Startup and Guy Kawasaki’s The Art of the Start. How many of these books have you read, and which one is next on your list? Check out the full list here. A great book list that all entrepreneurs should check out!

nasdaq:

Under30CEO has compiled a terrific list of the 26 books every entrepreneur should read – including a few of our particular favorites, like Eric Reis’ The Lean Startup and Guy Kawasaki’s The Art of the Start. How many of these books have you read, and which one is next on your list? Check out the full list here.

A great book list that all entrepreneurs should check out!