entrepreneurship
Innovators, trendsetters and industry leaders often started as hobbyists
In this little video, Tim O’Reilly, co-founder of O’Reilly Media, publisher of Make magazine, reminds us that most successful businesses started from the joy of making something new, or of taking something that already exists and making it better or faster or safer. Did the guy who invented the Slip ‘N’ Slide hope that, primarily, he’d make loads of scratch? Naw, he wanted to expand the idea of a toy his kids enjoyed.
Entrepreneurship is NOT about wealth creation…
Some people will read this headline and think, ‘What the fffff-heck! Of course entrepreneurship is about wealth creation. It’s about building companies and industries, isn’t it! You’re speaking rubbish!’ After interviewing hundreds of entrepreneurs, over eight years, Anthill’s James Tuckerman thinks otherwise. So, what actually drives entrepreneurship?
The future of business is not ‘Up In The Air’. It’s ‘Up In The Cloud’.
From time to time, when I’m sitting in an airplane, I think about the movie “Up In the Air.” I’m not thinking about how the main character feels most comfortable when flying from place to place, or how he has the awful task of firing good people on the ground. No, I think of a certain scene where the lead, played by George Clooney, informs a person he’s just sacked that “anybody who ever built an empire or changed the world sat where you are now.”
Creel Price talks about work culture, elements required to build a successful business and entrepreneurship
A serial entrepreneur, Creel Price has achieved a level of business success and knowledge beyond his 36 years. He launched eight businesses by the time he left school and a further two at university. At age 25, he co-founded Blueprint Management Group with just $5,000 in capital and sold it a decade later for over $100 million.
An identity crisis is exactly what the Australian entrepreneurial community needs
Over a coffee last week, I was asked to provide a snapshot of the current state of the entrepreneurial scene in Australia to a returning entrepreneur. I outlined a number of structural matters that I believe affect the depth of the Australian entrepreneurial community. As I fly now, London-bound, having watched one too many Glee episodes, I am fully charged with the confidence to express these feelings publicly.
New global report reveals what makes the Top 1% of entrepreneurial companies so successful
A new report released by the World Economic Forum has suggested that the top 1% of entrepreneurial firms is responsible for the creation of 40% of jobs among start-ups and for 44% of their total revenue. So what makes the top 1% so successful? Featured in the report are also studies of seventy the world’s most successful high-impact entrepreneurial ventures, such as Australia’s Atlassian, Fortescue Metals Group, Paladin Energy and Resmed. [ESSENTIAL READING]
Five common putdowns to aspiring entrepreneurs (and how to deflect them)
Seasoned entrepreneurs understand that they’re just a fact of life. For aspiring entrepreneurs, they might come as a shock. Some of them are well-meaning. Others are just plain mean. Of course, I’m talking about unsolicited put-downs. Here are five of the most common, and how to overcome them!
Entrepreneurs: Stop and spare a thought for your oft-overlooked loved ones this Valentine’s Day
Most entrepreneurs, while surrounded with people, walk a lonely road.However, this Valentine’s Day, spare a thought for the wifes/husbands/girlfriends/boyfriends of entrepreneurs, who oftenlive with even greater degrees of isolation and uncertainly than their partners.
Human dynamo Creel Price shares his secrets for starting and growing a business [VIDEO]
Inspiring, entrepreneurial dynamo Creel Price is in constant motion, whether it’s motivating fellow entrepreneurs, nurturing the next generation of capitalists or climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. He sits down with Jack Delosa and talks about how to start a business and romance your clients.
RetailMeNot’s Guy King talks about the acquisition of his business for a reported US$90 million
RetailMeNot co-founder Guy King has much to be thankful for this holiday season. In early December, he and co-founder Bevan Clark sold the online coupon directory to WhaleShark Media for a reported US$90 million. The business was launched four years ago with only $30.00 in startup funding. Anthill’s James Tuckerman caught up with King in the studios of Media Saints shortly before the 2010 Christmas break.
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