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Give away your equity!

Being in a leadership position means that you are responsible for looking out for the people under your stewardship.  Excelling here is the right thing to do, but can also pay dividends throughout your professional life.  That’s the philosophy behind Chris Michel’s extra equity grant to three key senior managers at his company Affinity Labs, [...]

Dreaming of Dropping Out of Harvard

Its amazing what a role model can do to your perspective. Facebook, founded by Harvard ex-students Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz, have set an example of finding success through dropping out of school. And their success was not lost of fellow students. This WSJ article explores how Facebook has been a [...]

Why age doesn’t matter when it comes to Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship isn’t just for young people.  This Inc Magazine article highlights several people in their 80’s who are active and successful entrepreneurs today.  In fact, age has significant advantages, the most significant is a vast experience.  So let this be a lesson to everybody who thinks that entrepreneurs have to be under 40.