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Live from #WBFNY: Barbara Corcoran’s 7 lessons to live by

By Jennifer McNally on October 3rd, 2012 | 310481 comment on this post2012-10-03+11%3A30%3A34Jennifer+McNally

New York real estate entrepreneur Barbara Corcoran of The Corcoran Group gave her firsthand account Tuesday at the World Business Forum of success from a $100 loan to selling her first company for $66 million.

Corcoran’s rags-to-riches story of a waitress who made it big has plenty of elements of fun (a necessary part of doing business, in her opinion), along with funny and practical advice for entrepreneurs or others in business.[…] Continue Reading »

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The secret to entrepreneurial leadership — even if you’re not an entrepreneur

By Dana Theus on September 10th, 2012 | 299502 comments on this post2012-09-10+15%3A00%3A39Dana+Theus

The U.S. has a love affair with entrepreneurship, and it’s no big surprise. Our founding mythology is built on the stories of loners, tribes and rebels. Entrepreneurship is the ultimate definition of modern freedom — accountability only to yourself. No more “workin’ for the man” (or wo-man). Entrepreneurs who have attained such freedom are powerful, and they don’t take guff from “the system.”

Those who’ve braved the entrepreneurial seas know it’s not always smooth sailing, of course.[…] Continue Reading »