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Ready for Takeoff: Launching High-Growth Ventures at UC Berkeley
To learn more about entrepreneurship training at UC Berkeley, check out this press release from the Haas School of Business. A recent publication by Forbes listed UC Berkeley the 3rd most Entrepreneurial Research University the United States, and that is certainly what we experience in our Learn to Launch program. Students in our classrooms not only get a guided tour through the aforementioned classics in entrepreneurship literature, but also an immersion into the San Francisco Bay Area entrepreneurial ecosystem.
3 Ways to Wring at Least Some ROI From Failure (on Entrepreneur.com)
Failure stings. It has a long half-life. The memory of past failures exacerbates our fear of future ones, leaving many stuck in the “static quo” of business as usual. In fact, memory and fear are failure’s force multipliers, and can easily lead to a “trial and terror” culture... Read my article on Entrepreneur.com to discover 3 ways to increase your ROI from failure.
Changing the "Static Quo" in Your Organization - a recipe for leaders and teams
Instead of calling the work reality we each deal with every day the “status quo,” perhaps it would be better referred to as the “static quo.” That’s because change is hard, and many organizations seem to be set up to stifle innovation and hinder change wherever possible. All this despite the loud and frequent proclamations of organization leaders about driving innovation and growth.
Failure-Savvy Leadership
What is failure-savvy leadership?
It’s the recognition that some leaders and organizations have the ability create more productive relationships with failures when they do happen. These enlightened leaders and their teams extract insights from failures to drive more innovation and faster growth, and to create more engaged employees and team members.
"Entrepreneurship is a team sport," and other launch tips in Entrepreneur Magazine
Entrepreneurship is a team sport. Here's an excerpt from the full article entitled 5 Things You Must Do to Successfully Launch a Business , which ran in both print and online at Entrepreneur Magazine: