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| unlikely entrepreneurs: From the Other Side of the World Elmira Bayrasli, 2017-11-25 Elmira Bayrasli's colourful narrative takes readers through the world of high-growth entrepreneurs as they overcome vexing obstacles to build businesses that create jobs and economic growth and, perhaps most important, shift mindsets. Here are the people who personify the transformative force of entrepreneurship from parts of the world that will be the source of the overwhelming amount of economic growth over the next twenty-five years.Bayrasli takes us on an extraordinary journey, with fascinating eyewitness accounts of courage, endurance and ingenuity, as people in some of the world's most challenging societies build globally competitive products and services that garner international praise and investment. |
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| unlikely entrepreneurs: Who Owns the Ice House? Gary G. Schoeniger, Clifton L. Taulbert, 2011-06 In the late 1950s, Glen Allan, Mississippi, was a poor cotton community. For many, it was a time and place where opportunities were limited by social and legal constraints that were beyond their control. It was a time and place where few dared to dream. Based on his own life experience, Pulitzer nominee Clifton Taulbert has teamed up with entrepreneur thought leader Gary Schoeniger to create a powerful and compelling story that captures the essence of an entrepreneurial mindset and the unlimited opportunities it can provide. Drawing on the entrepreneurial life lessons Taulbert learned from his Uncle Cleve, Who Owns the Ice house? chronicles Taulbert s journey from life in the Mississippi Delta at the height of legal segregation to being recognized by Time magazine as one of our nation s most outstanding emerging entrepreneurs. Who Owns The Ice House? reaches into the past to remind us of the timeless and universal principles that can empower anyone to succeed. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Unlikely Entrepreneurs Barbara Mann Wall, 2021-01-29 In Unlikely Entrepreneurs, Barbra Mann Wall looks at the development of religious hospitals in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the entrepreneurial influence Catholic sisters held in this process. When immigrant nuns came to the United States in the late nineteenth century, they encountered a market economy that structured the way they developed their hospitals. Sisters enthusiastically engaged in the market as entrepreneurs, but they used a set of tools and understanding that were counter to the market. Their entrepreneurship was not to expand earnings but rather to advance Catholic spirituality. Wall places the development of Catholic hospital systems (located in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Texas, and Utah) owned and operated by Catholic sisters within the larger social, economic, and medical history of the time. In the modern health care climate, with the influences of corporations, federal laws, spiraling costs, managed care, and medical practices that rely less on human judgments and more on technological innovations, the modern hospital reflects a dim memory of the past. This book will inform future debates on who will provide health care as the sisters depart, how costs will be met, who will receive care, and who will be denied access to health services. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Unlikely Entrepreneurs Barbra Mann Wall, 2005 In Unlikely Entrepreneurs, Barbra Mann Wall looks at the development of religious hospitals in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the entrepreneurial influence Catholic sisters held in this process. When immigrant nuns came to the United States in the late nineteenth century, they encountered a market economy that structured the way they developed their hospitals. Sisters enthusiastically engaged in the market as entrepreneurs, but they used a set of tools and understanding that were counter to the market. Their entrepreneurship was not to expand earnings but rather to advance Catholic spirituality. Wall places the development of Catholic hospital systems (located in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Texas, and Utah) owned and operated by Catholic sisters within the larger social, economic, and medical history of the time. In the modern health care climate, with the influences of corporations, federal laws, spiraling costs, managed care, and medical practices that rely less on human judgments and more on technological innovations, the modern hospital reflects a dim memory of the past. This book will inform future debates on who will provide health care as the sisters depart, how costs will be met, who will receive care, and who will be denied access to health services. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: From Head Shops to Whole Foods Joshua C. Davis, 2017-08-08 In the 1960s and ’70s, a diverse range of storefronts—including head shops, African American bookstores, feminist businesses, and organic grocers—brought the work of the New Left, Black Power, feminism, environmentalism, and other movements into the marketplace. Through shared ownership, limited growth, and democratic workplaces, these activist entrepreneurs offered alternatives to conventional profit-driven corporate business models. By the middle of the 1970s, thousands of these enterprises operated across the United States—but only a handful survive today. Some, such as Whole Foods Market, have abandoned their quest for collective political change in favor of maximizing profits. Vividly portraying the struggles, successes, and sacrifices of these unlikely entrepreneurs, From Head Shops to Whole Foods writes a new history of social movements and capitalism by showing how activists embraced small businesses in a way few historians have considered. The book challenges the widespread but mistaken idea that activism and political dissent are inherently antithetical to participation in the marketplace. Joshua Clark Davis uncovers the historical roots of contemporary interest in ethical consumption, social enterprise, buying local, and mission-driven business, while also showing how today’s companies have adopted the language—but not often the mission—of liberation and social change. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Disciplined Entrepreneurship Bill Aulet, 2013-08-12 24 Steps to Success! Disciplined Entrepreneurship will change the way you think about starting a company. Many believe that entrepreneurship cannot be taught, but great entrepreneurs aren’t born with something special – they simply make great products. This book will show you how to create a successful startup through developing an innovative product. It breaks down the necessary processes into an integrated, comprehensive, and proven 24-step framework that any industrious person can learn and apply. You will learn: Why the “F” word – focus – is crucial to a startup’s success Common obstacles that entrepreneurs face – and how to overcome them How to use innovation to stand out in the crowd – it’s not just about technology Whether you’re a first-time or repeat entrepreneur, Disciplined Entrepreneurship gives you the tools you need to improve your odds of making a product people want. Author Bill Aulet is the managing director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship as well as a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. For more please visit http://disciplinedentrepreneurship.com/ |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: With God on Our Side Adam D. Reich, 2012-04-15 When unions undertake labor organizing campaigns, they often do so from strong moral positions, contrasting workers’ rights to decent pay or better working conditions with the more venal financial motives of management. But how does labor confront management when management itself has moral legitimacy? In With God on Our Side, Adam D. Reich tells the story of a five-year campaign to unionize Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, a Catholic hospital in California. Based on his own work as a volunteer organizer with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Reich explores how both union leaders and hospital leaders sought to show they were upholding the Catholic mission of the hospital against a market represented by the other. Ultimately, workers and union leaders were able to reinterpret Catholic values in ways that supported their efforts to organize. More generally, Reich argues that unions must weave together economic and cultural power in order to ensure their continued relevancy in the postindustrial world. In addition to advocating for workers’ economic interests, unions must engage with workers’ emotional investments in their work, must contend with the kind of moral authority that Santa Rosa Hospital leaders exerted to dissuade workers from organizing, and must connect labor’s project to broader conceptions of the public good. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Entrepreneurs John Thompson, Bill Bolton, 2024-05-31 What does it take to be – or to become – a successful entrepreneur? Are there specific personality types that are best suited to entrepreneurship? And can these types, or rather the attributes that combine to forge them, be learned or acquired? In this book, John Thompson answers these questions – and many more – to let the reader see through the eyes of the entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs: Talent, Temperament, Opportunity and Mindset introduces the world of entrepreneurship from a person-centred perspective. Part 1 builds an understanding of the entrepreneur as a person based on the key factors of talent and temperament – a unique framework for understanding and exploiting entrepreneurial opportunities. Part 1 also explores the entrepreneurial mindset and how it can be honed and strengthened. The process of starting and growing a business is then described in detail in Part 2, which also examines entrepreneurship in the context of opportunity and strategy. Part 3 introduces the infrastructure and environment in which the entrepreneur has to operate and tells the stories of famous entrepreneurs through dozens of case vignettes, including classic figures such as Henry Ford, through to social entrepreneurs and even anti-social entrepreneurs such as Al Capone! This insightful, empirically-based take on the entrepreneur provides students with an accessible and original way into entrepreneurship. Whatever their background, students at all levels will value the author’s accessible writing style and invaluable insights. |
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| unlikely entrepreneurs: The INSURTECH Book Sabine L.B VanderLinden, Shân M. Millie, Nicole Anderson, Susanne Chishti, 2018-07-02 The definitive compendium for the Insurance Digital Revolution From slow beginnings in 2014, InsurTech has captured US$7billion in investment since 2010 — a 10% annual compound growth rate is predicted until at least 2020. Three in four insurance companies believe some part of their business is at risk of disruption and understanding the trends, drivers and emerging technologies behind Insurance’s Digital Revolution is a business-critical priority for all growth-minded firms. The InsurTech Book offers essential updates, critical thinking and actionable insight — globally — from start-ups, incumbents, investors, tech companies, advisors and other partners in this evolving ecosystem, in one volume. For some, Insurance is either facing an existential threat; for others, it is a sector on the brink of transforming itself. Either way, business models, value chains, customer understanding and engagement, organisational structures and even what Insurance is for, is never going to be the same. Be informed, be part of it. Learn from diverse experiences, mindsets and applications of technologies Discover new ways of defining and grasping growth opportunities Get the inside track from innovators, disruptors and incumbents Be updated on the evolution of InsurTech, why it is happening and how it will evolve Explore visions of the future of Insurance to help shape yours The InsurTech Book is your indispensable guide to a sector in transformation. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Overnight Entrepreneurs Bhanu Aiyer, 2017-02-27 When you really want to achieve something in your life, the entire universe conspires for you to get it, if you are deserving. With, no degree… no money… no entrepreneurial lineage… no experience… Can two unlikely entrepreneurs survive in a highly-competitive business world ruled by tycoons with abundant resources and more knowledge? How far can 'fire in the belly' propel two young adults? In the end, is the struggle worth it? This story is based on true events. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Move the Needle Shelley Brander, 2022-04-12 A Wall Street Journal bestseller: Harness the “power of can’t” to make your big, impossible dreams a reality with help from a creative entrepreneur who’s turned her quirky passion into a global force. Learn how to make your big, impossible dreams a reality with help from a creative entrepreneur who's turned her passion into a global force. People always ask Shelley Brander what possessed her to leave the successful advertising firm she founded with her husband to open a local yarn store. And then they wonder how that one storefront grew into an e-commerce business, and from there into a global movement to Knit the World Together. In Move the Needle, Shelley shares stories from her life to show that you can pursue your life's passions--both personal and professional--no matter how quirky or impossible they may seem to everyone around you. Whether you are an entrenched or aspiring entrepreneur, or have a passion that just won’t let you go, Shelley shares lessons from her journey that reveal how to: Put your passion first and make your creative side hustle your main gig Recognize the true value of creativity and experimentation Have hope against all odds Surround yourself with supportive people Cut ties with those who weigh you down Believe in the power of your weird, impossible dream! In Move the Needle, Shelley invites you to embrace your passion and hold space for your seemingly improbable (but totally possible) goals, dreams, and purpose. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Unexpected Places Veneta Andonova, Milena S. Nikolova, Dilyan Dimitrov, 2018-11-19 This book sheds light on one of the biggest development issues of our time: how the rise of entrepreneurship and the associated mindset is likely to unfold in unexpected places and change socio-economic and political fortunes. Focusing on the Balkan Peninsula, the authors explore the early success of young entrepreneurial ecosystems in the region and highlight the dangers of direct comparison with more mature entrepreneurial centres. Offering fresh insights, this brand new book presents an analytical overview of the entrepreneurial domain that enabled Bulgaria to become the start-up capital of the Balkans. With empirical data gathered from over 80 interviews and case studies, the authors address the needs of decision-makers and managers in many countries which are on the path towards nurturing entrepreneurial ecosystems. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: The Entrepreneurial Librarian Mary Krautter, Mary Beth Lock, Mary G. Scanlon, 2014-01-10 The old image of an entrepreneur as a scrappy, independent risk-taker has been replaced by the reality of individuals incorporating innovative ideas in more traditional settings. This collection of essays illustrates how librarians are infusing entrepreneurial principles in a variety of arenas, including public, private, academic, and special libraries. It chronicles how entrepreneurial librarians are flourishing in the digital age, advocating social change, responding to patron demands, designing new services, and developing exciting fundraising programs. Applying new business models to traditional services, they eagerly embrace entrepreneurship in response to patrons' demands, funding declines, changing resource formats, and other challenges. By documenting the current state of entrepreneurship in libraries, this volume upends the public image of librarians as ill-suited to risky or creative ventures and places them instead on the cutting edge of innovations in the field. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: The Creative Entrepreneur Carolyn Dailey, 2025-03-04 “This is a handbook of incalculable brilliance. You’ll instinctively know the lessons that resonate with you.” Nile Rodgers “I wish I had this book years ago when I started my business.” Thomas Heatherwick Discover the secrets to building a thriving creative business and unleashing your full creative potential with The Creative Entrepreneur. Learn from ten of the world’s most inspiring entrepreneurs, including Grammy winner Nile Rodgers and Emmy-winning producer Andy Harries (The Crown), as they share their stories, actionable advice, and recommendations to help you succeed in business and fuel your life potential. Unlock your creativity and transform your career with a new, mission-driven perspective from these industry icons in design, fashion, art, film, music, and more. Featuring transformative wisdom from creative leaders: BUILD A CREATIVE BUSINESS: An insider's guide to building a business with advice on branding, intellectual property, networking, and more. CASE STUDIES FROM INDUSTRY ICONS: Exclusive insights from leaders across creative fields, including Nile Rodgers, The River Café’s Ruthie Rogers, and Soho House founder Nick Jones. FOR AMBITIOUS PROFESSIONALS: Perfect for those looking to start a business, build a brand, secure investment, harness creativity to succeed at a company, or turn a hobby into a side hustle. RAPIDLY GROWING ECONOMIC SECTOR: The creative sector is one of the fastest growing contributors to the global economy. Included in the book: - Unheard stories and exclusive interviews with inspiring creative entrepreneurs. - Key takeaways to reinforce and easily review important points. - Lessons learned from the journey of creative leaders. - Essential business topics, such as building a brand and marketing. Buy now and take the first step towards unlocking your creative potential and building a successful creative business or career. Features interviews with: Nile Rodgers, Co-Founder, The Chic Organization Roksanda Ilincic, Founder, fashion label Roksanda Yinka Ilori, Founder, Yinka Ilori Studio Andy Harries, Founder, Left Bank Pictures (The Crown) Priya Ahluwalia, Founder, fashion label Ahluwalia Thomas Heatherwick, Founder, Heatherwick Studio Matthew Slotover, Co-Founder, Frieze Ruthie Rogers, Founder, The River Cafe Strauss Zelnick, CEO Take-Two Interactive (Grand Theft Auto) Nick Jones, Founder, Soho House |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: The Entrepreneur in Microeconomic Theory Humberto Barreto, 2013-04-03 Throughout the history of economic thought, the entrepreneur a wide variety of roles. Once cast as a fundamental agent in production, distribution and growth theories, he has now surprisingly disappeared from economic theory. This volume accounts for this disappearance, exploring how and why such a fundamental explanatory variable disappeared from economic theory. Barreto provides a concise review and classification of the many entrepreneurial theories put forward throughout the history of economic thought. The author illustrates that the decline of the entrepreneur in economic theory coincides with the rise of the firm as an organizing principle and considers how the replacement of the human element with a mechanistic one has led to disenchantment with microeconomic theory. This fascinating book will interest economists from a range of disciplines including the history of economic thought, microeconomics and entrepreneurship. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: She Engineers Stephanie Slocum, 2018-01-19 Career success guide for female engineers. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: More Than Good Intentions Dean Karlan, Jacob Appel, 2012-03-27 A revolutionary approach to poverty that takes human irrationality into account-and unlocks the mystery of making philanthropic spending really work. American individuals and institutions spent billions of dollars to ease global poverty and accomplished almost nothing. At last we have a realistic way forward. Presenting innovative and successful development interventions around the globe, Dean Karlan and Jacob Appel show how empirical analysis coupled with the latest thinking in behavioral economics can make a profound difference. From Kenya, where teenagers reduced their risk of contracting AIDS by having more unprotected sex with partners their own age, to Mexico, where giving kids a one-dollar deworming pill boosted school attendance better than paying their families to send them, More Than Good Intentions reveals how to invest those billions far more effectively and begin transforming the well-being of the world. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Rise Up and Walk William T. Cavanaugh, 2025-02-14 The Catholic Church is the world’s largest non-governmental provider of health care; more than a quarter of all the health care facilities in the world are under Catholic auspices. Those facilities, however, range from technologically sophisticated urban hospitals to small, under-resourced rural clinics. Pope Francis has said, “Health care is not a luxury, it is for everyone,” but the gap between health care for those with means to pay and those without continues to widen. This volume gathers scholars and practitioners from around the world to reflect on some of the most pressing challenges to Catholic health care among some of the globe’s most underserved people. In addition to local narratives and analysis, the volume also reflects dialogues between care providers in different parts of the global South and between practitioners in the global South and the global North. The chapters in this volume question the missionary model of the rich North rescuing the poor South and show how a universal church can promote dialogue between Western and non-Western medicine and traditions of care. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Synchronicity Jessika Satori, 1999 This book explores the connections between the Jungian concept of time-space relations and how today's business leaders can be aware of sychronistic situations to use them ethically in the workplace. It bridges the Jungian concepts of synchronicity with grounded business applications. It is written in a straightforward accessible style and includes examples from real life business situations. It explores synchronicity and explains how it can be recognized and used in business situations. This book takes the sayings ''timing is everything' and being at the right place at the right time and establishes that synchronistic events do occur in the lives of entrepreneurs and others with surprisingly regularity. · only book on synchronicity focused on entrepreneurial business · real entrepreneurs' stories in small and large companies show how timing and synchronicity helped in the creation of the business and in the ongoing decision-making |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Success Made Simple Erik Wesner, 2010-03-22 The keys to better business from a thriving group of business owners-the Amish Business can be discouraging. According to US Department of Labor figures, only 44 percent of newly-opened firms will last four years. Amish firms, on the other hand, have registered a 95% survival rate over a five-year period. And in many cases, those businesses do remarkably well-as Donald Kraybill writes: the phrase 'Amish millionaire' is no longer an oxymoron. Success Made Simple is the first practical book of Amish business success principles for the non-Amish reader. The work provides a platform of transferable principles--simple and universal enough to be applied in the non-Amish world, in a wide variety of business and management settings. Learn how to develop profitable and fulfilling enterprises as Amish explain how to build fruitful relationships with customers and employees, prosper by playing to strengths, and create an effective marketing story Includes interviews with over 50 Amish business owners outline the role of relationships in business and the importance of the big picture-taking in long-term goals, the welfare of others, and personal integrity Offers ideas on practical application of Amish business practices to non-Amish businesses, with bullet summaries at the end of each chapter reviewing the most important take-away points With a focus on relationship-building and the big picture, Success Made Simple offers business owners everywhere the tools for better, smarter, more successful enterprises. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Worthwhile Wealth Dr. Bob Gomersall, 2024-09-09 **Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist** The way we measure success is ready for a redo. This is a handbook for a new kind of entrepreneur: the kind that wants to create not just a profitable business but a worthwhile life. With inspiration and insights from a wide range of business builders, Dr Bob Gomersall sets out a vision for a new kind of return on investment and shows you how to create this success for yourself, your way. Whether you’re an established business leader or just feeling ready for a change, this is a blueprint for a better life and a better way of doing business. 'An inspirational guide for entrepreneurs to build businesses that allow us to flourish and thrive, rather than just survive' - Dame Linda Pollard Chair of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: The Unlikely Entrepreneur ALAN. MANLY, 2017-05 This is the unlikely, but true story of a man who had none of the qualities considered necessary for an entrepreneur - no eccentric IT genius - nor money-market marvel - nor the innovator/creator of a new market. Instead, Alan was a hard-working obsessive compulsive armed only with a ninth-grade education and some rat cunning whose parents' dream was for him to work as a postman. In this funny, unforgettable and compelling account, he tells the tale of his most unlikely journey - made every mistake - fell into every trap - bought every scam - distracted by the usual suspects: squabbles over money, relationships in ruins, and pursued to the point of financial calamity and personal insanity by a vexatious litigant for ten years. It was only when Alan started ignoring conventional wisdom, and breaking all the rules of business, that everything turned around for him. This is a hands-on white-knuckle ride into that rarest of destinations - the unvarnished truth. If you ever dreamed of creating a business empire from scratch, or wanted to learn something about the world of business, then you must read this extraordinary story. This is business as it should be taught - in the raw.For those who want to act, not talk. Littered with gold nuggets. - ROSS CAMERON, HOST SKYNEWS OUTSIDERS |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Called to Serve Margaret M. McGuinness, 2015-12 For many Americans, nuns and sisters are the face of the Catholic Church. Far more visible than priests, Catholic women religious teach at schools, found hospitals, offer food to the poor, and minister to those in need. Their work has shaped the American Catholic Church throughout its history. McGuinness provides the reader with an overview of the history of Catholic women religious in American life, from the colonial period to the present. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Legal Aliens: From Holland to America in 12 columns Mariette Boerstoel-Streefland, |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: The Next Wave Susan Coleman, Alicia M. Robb, 2016-09-07 You may be familiar with the success stories of Spanx, GoldieBlox, and other women-owned businesses that have taken their markets by storm. But, today, only two percent of women-owned firms generate more than one million dollars annually. The Next Wave is here to help women drive up that number. Drawing on the Kauffman Firm Survey and many other sources, Susan Coleman and Alicia M. Robb cull together data-driven advice for women-owned, growth-oriented businesses as they finance their expansion. They not only consider the unique approaches and specific concerns of female business owners, but also take into account the growing pool of investors who will play a role in selecting and grooming a new generation of women entrepreneurs. Since growth-oriented firms typically require external capital, the investor perspective is critical. Telling entrepreneurs what the research means for them, outfitting them with resources, and illustrating the road ahead with real world cases, this book serves as a pioneering strategy guide for the next wave of women who want to go big to bring home their goals. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Nursing History Review, Volume 15, 2007 Patricia D’Antonio, RN, PhD, FAAN, 2006-09-18 Nursing History Review, an annual peer-reviewed publication of the American Association for the History of Nursing, is a showcase for the most significant current research on nursing history. Regular sections include scholarly articles, over a dozen book reviews of the best publications on nursing and health care history that have appeared in the past year, and a section abstracting new doctoral dissertations on nursing history. Historians, researchers, and individuals interested with the rich field of nursing will find this an important resource. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Troublemakers Leslie Berlin, 2017-11-07 Acclaimed historian Leslie Berlin’s “deeply researched and dramatic narrative of Silicon Valley’s early years…is a meticulously told…compelling history” (The New York Times) of the men and women who chased innovation, and ended up changing the world. Troublemakers is the gripping tale of seven exceptional men and women, pioneers of Silicon Valley in the 1970s and early 1980s. Together, they worked across generations, industries, and companies to bring technology from Pentagon offices and university laboratories to the rest of us. In doing so, they changed the world. “In this vigorous account…a sturdy, skillfully constructed work” (Kirkus Reviews), historian Leslie Berlin introduces the people and stories behind the birth of the Internet and the microprocessor, as well as Apple, Atari, Genentech, Xerox PARC, ROLM, ASK, and the iconic venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. In the space of only seven years, five major industries—personal computing, video games, biotechnology, modern venture capital, and advanced semiconductor logic—were born. “There is much to learn from Berlin’s account, particularly that Silicon Valley has long provided the backdrop where technology, elite education, institutional capital, and entrepreneurship collide with incredible force” (The Christian Science Monitor). Featured among well-known Silicon Valley innovators are Mike Markkula, the underappreciated chairman of Apple who owned one-third of the company; Bob Taylor, who masterminded the personal computer; software entrepreneur Sandra Kurtzig, the first woman to take a technology company public; Bob Swanson, the cofounder of Genentech; Al Alcorn, the Atari engineer behind the first successful video game; Fawn Alvarez, who rose from the factory line to the executive suite; and Niels Reimers, the Stanford administrator who changed how university innovations reach the public. Together, these troublemakers rewrote the rules and invented the future. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Create and Orchestrate Marcus Whitney, 2020-06-03 When Marcus Whitney moved to Nashville in 2000, he was a college dropout with a one-year-old and a baby on the way. He waited tables and lived in a week-to-week efficiency hotel. From the outside, Marcus looked like the furthest thing from a budding entrepreneur. But inside, he knew entrepreneurship was his path to a better life. Two decades later, Marcus has founded two innovative companies in the healthcare space, exited a tech marketing company, and co-owns Nashville's new Major League Soccer team. In Create and Orchestrate, Marcus walks you through his unlikely journey from waiting tables to building companies. He demystifies much of what keeps people from pursuing entrepreneurship and explains why it's the only vocation that allows you to control your time by using your creativity. When you control your time, you can claim your full power by matching up what you're great at with the problems you see in the world. The world needs more entrepreneurs who can offer fresh solutions. Create and Orchestrate will give you the confidence to say: Why not me? |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Handbook of Entrepreneurial Cognition J. Robert Mitchell, Ronald K. Mitchell, Brandon Randolph-Seng, 2014-12-31 Entrepreneurial cognition research is at a crossroads, where static views give way to dynamic approaches. This Handbook draws on a variety of perspectives from experts in the field of entrepreneurial cognition to highlight the key elements in a soci |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management Jiuping Xu, Fang Lee Cooke, Mitsuo Gen, Syed Ejaz Ahmed, 2018-06-25 This proceedings book is divided in 2 Volumes and 8 Parts. Part I is dedicated to Decision Support System, which is about the information system that supports business or organizational decision-making activities; Part II is on Computing Methodology, which is always used to provide the most effective algorithm for numerical solutions of various modeling problems; Part III presents Information Technology, which is the application of computers to store, study, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data, or information in the context of a business or other enterprise; Part IV is dedicated to Data Analysis, which is a process of inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of discovering useful information, suggesting conclusions, and supporting decision-making; Part V presents papers on Operational Management, which is about the plan, organization, implementation and control of the operation process; Part VI is on Project Management, which is about the initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria at the specified time in the field of engineering; Part VII presents Green Supply Chain, which is about the management of the flow of goods and services based on the concept of “low-carbon”; Part VIII is focused on Industry Strategy Management, which refers to the decision-making and management art of an industry or organization in a long-term and long-term development direction, objectives, tasks and policies, as well as resource allocation. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Go Big Now Julia Pimsleur, 2021-03-30 Transform Aspirational Thoughts into Life-Changing Results What’s the biggest challenge you face if you want to accomplish great things? It’s getting and keeping the right mindset, according to the hundreds of high achievers Julia Pimsleur has interviewed and worked with as a business coach. In Go Big Now, Pimsleur distills two decades of studying complex mindset practices into eight essential “mindset keys” that can be used by anyone to get the Go Big Mindset and achieve ambitious professional and life goals. Pimsleur shares personal stories of how she used these keys to raise venture capital and build multimillion-dollar companies, and illustrates each key with an example from a leader, CEO, or celebrity whose mindset catapulted them to success. You’ll learn to reframe perceived setbacks, replace unhelpful thoughts and limiting beliefs with empowering ones, and stay motivated to pursue your big goal, even in the face of massive hurdles. With the Go Big Mindset, you’ll boost your mental resilience and discover how to think your way to bigger, better results. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Place and Practice in Canadian Nursing History Jayne Elliott, Meryn Stuart, Cynthia Toman, 2009-05-01 The close association between nurses and hospitals obscures the diversity and complexity of nursing work in other contexts. This collection looks at nurses and nursing in a wide range of settings from the mid-1800s to the 1970s, including indigenous women on the Canadian prairies; First World War nurses posted overseas; outpost nurses in rural and remote areas of Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Quebec; public health nurses in Winnipeg; and religious congregations in nursing education in New Brunswick. The contributors use feminist and historical perspectives to illustrate how place, understood as both social context and geographic setting, shaped nursing identities and practices. Many nurses found place both liberating and constraining � often simultaneously. Paying attention to place also situates these nurses and their work within larger historical themes of nation-building, war, and political change. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: The Economics of Providence Maarten van Dijck, Jan de Maeyer, Jeffrey Tyssens, Jimmy Koppen, 2012 This book deals with the question of how the religious orders and congregations rebuilt their patrimony, a necessary prerequisite for the growth of the number of religious, educational, and charitable services. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Reflective Reading and the Power of Narrative Karyn Sproles, 2018-07-11 Reflective Reading and the Power of Narrative: Producing the Reader is an interdisciplinary exploration into the profound power of narratives to create—and recreate—how we imagine ourselves. It posits that the process of producing a text also produces the reader. Written from the perspective of a psychoanalytic feminist, Sproles considers a wide array of examples from literature, popular culture, and her own experiences to illustrate what she calls reflective reading—a metacognitive reading practice that recognizes the workings of the unconscious to push the reader toward a potentially transformational engagement with narrative. This may manifest as epiphany, recovery from loss or resolution of repressed trauma. Each chapter draws on examples of characters and authors who model a reflective reading process from Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf to Johnny Cash and Alison Bechdel. By reclaiming the role of the unconscious, Karyn Sproles reinvigorates the theoretical work begun by reader-response criticism and develops a deep understanding of identification and transference as an integral part of the reading process. For students and researchers of cultural studies, psychoanalysis, gender studies and feminist literature and theory, Reflective Reading and the Power of Narrative offers innovative and accessible ideas on the relationship between reader and text. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Decision Making in Entrepreneurship Dean A. Shepherd, 2016-11-25 In this volume, Dean Shepherd focuses on the varying topics of entrepreneurship unified through conjoint analysis. Although the topic of entrepreneurial decision making is broad, in doing so, he reveals the mechanisms that come into play during the entrepreneurial decision-making process. |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: A Psychological Approach to Entrepreneurship Dean A. Shepherd, 2014-12-31 øWithin an entrepreneurial context, what a person thinks and feels and how they behave are hugely consequential. Entrepreneurs often work in scenarios of considerable time pressure, task complexity, uncertainty and high performance variance. This fasci |
| unlikely entrepreneurs: Anáil an Bhéil Bheo Nessa Cronin, John Eastlake, 2009-01-14 Anáil an Bhéil Bheo brings together a stimulating range of interdisciplinary essays considering the connections between orality and modern Irish culture. From literature to song, folklore to the visual arts, contributors examine not only the connections between oral and textual traditions in Ireland, but also the theoretical concept of “orality” itself and the corresponding significance of oral texts in Irish society. Featuring work by emerging scholars in the fields of history, literature, folklore, music, women’s studies, film and theatre studies and disciplines contributing to Irish Studies, this multifaceted volume also includes contributions from scholars long engaged with issues of orality such as Gearóid Ó Crualaoich and Henry Glassie. |
Unlikely by Nacho Sama - Itch.io
Thanks to Nacho Sama he gave us his blessing to make a movie based on HIS game UNLIKELY. The video below is a teaser for the movie set to release this year! Please enjoy and let us …
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Jul 25, 2022 · * Gameplay upgrade for be more interactive. * The sound is no longer heard only on the left side. *The original version is kept as a downloadable file.
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Unlikely.rar (23 MB) Unlikely.apk (41 MB) Unlikely_GMTK_Game_Jam_2022.rar (19 MB) Support the developer with an additional contribution. $1.00 $2.00 $5.00 $10.00. Your email address …
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It is very unlikely to win, it is just a matter of luck. But I'm already working on improving the game, to be able to play with the odds and make it more interactive and fun. You can try other games …
Nacho Sama - itch.io
A small platformer with some difficulty and a creepy aesthetic. Nacho Sama. Platformer
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Thanks to Nacho Sama he gave us his blessing to make a movie based on HIS game UNLIKELY. The video below is a teaser for the movie set to release this year! Please enjoy and let us …
Devlog - Unlikely by Nacho Sama - Itch.io
Jul 25, 2022 · Unlikely. ← Return to Unlikely. Devlog. Now available for android. December 15, 2022 by Nacho Sama. 2. I recently learned how to export apk files and I used this game to …
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Its UNLIKELY that I will lose to a clown (1st attemte win easy) good game after all. I will never lose
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unlikely unlikely unlikely unlickly. Reply. Tyverzion 2 years ago (+1) Cool and creepy game!:) Reply. gamer_77982 2 years ago (+1) i love it so creepy just a deep meaning. Reply. …
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It is very unlikely to win, it is just a matter of luck. But I'm already working on improving the game, to be able to play with the odds and make it more interactive and fun. You can try other games …
Unlikely by Nacho Sama - Itch.io
Thanks to Nacho Sama he gave us his blessing to make a movie based on HIS game UNLIKELY. The video below is a teaser for the movie set to release this year! Please enjoy and let us know what …
Update! - Unlikely by Nacho Sama - Itch.io
Jul 25, 2022 · * Gameplay upgrade for be more interactive. * The sound is no longer heard only on the left side. *The original version is kept as a downloadable file.
Download Unlikely by Nacho Sama - Itch.io
Unlikely.rar (23 MB) Unlikely.apk (41 MB) Unlikely_GMTK_Game_Jam_2022.rar (19 MB) Support the developer with an additional contribution. $1.00 $2.00 $5.00 $10.00. Your email address — Your …
Comments 40 to 1 of 411 - Unlikely by Nacho Sama - Itch.io
It is very unlikely to win, it is just a matter of luck. But I'm already working on improving the game, to be able to play with the odds and make it more interactive and fun. You can try other games from …
Nacho Sama - itch.io
A small platformer with some difficulty and a creepy aesthetic. Nacho Sama. Platformer
Comments 411 to 372 of 411 - Unlikely by Nacho Sama - Itch.io
Thanks to Nacho Sama he gave us his blessing to make a movie based on HIS game UNLIKELY. The video below is a teaser for the movie set to release this year! Please enjoy and let us know what …
Devlog - Unlikely by Nacho Sama - Itch.io
Jul 25, 2022 · Unlikely. ← Return to Unlikely. Devlog. Now available for android. December 15, 2022 by Nacho Sama. 2. I recently learned how to export apk files and I used this game to practice it, …
Comments 236 to 197 of 411 - Unlikely by Nacho Sama - Itch.io
Its UNLIKELY that I will lose to a clown (1st attemte win easy) good game after all. I will never lose
Comments 75 to 36 of 410 - Unlikely by Nacho Sama - Itch.io
unlikely unlikely unlikely unlickly. Reply. Tyverzion 2 years ago (+1) Cool and creepy game!:) Reply. gamer_77982 2 years ago (+1) i love it so creepy just a deep meaning. Reply. BreadMakers 2 …
Comments 21 to 1 of 406 - Unlikely by Nacho Sama - Itch.io
It is very unlikely to win, it is just a matter of luck. But I'm already working on improving the game, to be able to play with the odds and make it more interactive and fun. You can try other games from …
