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Business and Emotion

11.10.11 Posted from Ton De Graaf

Ton is one of the very few coaches in the world who is designated by the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches as a Chartered Business Coach™ (ChBC™) after a vigorous and independent assessment conducted by the Middlesex University and the Professional Development Foundation in the UK

Just watched the October 19th special event, filmed live at the Apple campus in Cupertino, California where Apple celebrated Steve’s life.

What a legacy that man leaves behind, just awesome. From a business and executive coach’s perspective (yep, that’s me) a few thoughts: Read more from Ton De Graaf

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Deepak Chopra on the Entrepreneurial Soul

03.21.11 posted from Entrepreneur.com

New Age author, Deepak Chopra, shares his views about what it takes to be an extraordinary leader.  Any entrepreneurial leader has one main goal: How to envision that future and how to create that future. So in order to be effective, leaders need to harness the intelligence, creativity, emotional engagement and also the emotional connection with the people that are part of his or her team in order to manifest that vision.

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Entrepreneurial Mindset

03.21.11 posted from Entrepreneurship.org

When most people think of entrepreneurs, they think about cutting edge industries, the brand new idea.  Thom Ruhe reminds us that the entrepreneurial mindset exists in established industries and within big, mature companies as well.

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Messy Capitalism Drives Innovation – and Economic Growth

03.20.11 posted from Huffington Post

Behind all innovations are entrepreneurs who start new companies — that is the essential function of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs found new companies as the vehicles for propagating innovations. If successful, those companies will grow and, accordingly, so will the overall economy. When firms grow, the economy grows — and entrepreneurs are the drivers of firm growth.

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Convert Your Passion into a Business

02.14.11 Posted from startupnation

Take what you love, and make it what you do. There’s no time like the present to start living your most meaningful life. If a look in the mirror leaves you feeling like there is something missing, one option to seriously consider is transforming something you’re passionate about into a business.

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Develop a Strategic Marketing Plan

02.14.11 Posted from startupnation

If you think that developing a strategic marketing plan is something only big, fancy corporations need to do, think again. You need one, too! It’ll help you better understand your business, your customers and your strategy for success. Many people fall into the trap of thinking that “marketing” just means advertising, PR or promotion. But a marketing plan is so much more than that.

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How to Sell an Idea to Your Boss

08.30.10 from Harvard Business Review

One of the hardest challenges for creative people is how to win top management’s support for their ideas. Many feel that their proposals are killed not because they have poor potential but because their boss simply does not understand them or does not even listen to the presentation. Roberto Verganti tells us his solution to this problem, having your boss onboard long before the idea comes up.