Organizations talent management and intrapreneurship Today, most companies try to create an environment that will give more space for employees to explore their own new ideas. If the idea looks in line with the company vision, the employee might get an opportunity to become an intrapreneur. In the past, someone with these skills and a desire for this type of thinking would most likely be part of a startup. In today’s complex global environment large organizations have to manage the best…
How Microsoft Ventures and Google Campus Changed Business Startups Starting a small business is not an easy task. The first problem that entrepreneurs will face is the capital investment. Who will fund it? How will they convince investors to trust their money to the business? Most who started immediately leave the moment they hit the blind spot. Most get lost on the way so more money is spent and no profits are earned. This is where programmes like Microsoft Ventures and Google Campus can help…
The story of ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ is a paragon of falling from grace. At a net worth of $-100 million, Jordan Belfort has more than his reputation to recover. Let us delve more into this: Career Beginnings Business seems to have captured the wolf of Wall Street from a young age. His first business venture entailed selling Italian ice with a friend. He made a profit of $20,000. He had intended to use this money to pay for a degree in dentistry. He began many ventures, including a meat and…
In a chaotic and dynamic world of commercial, innovation plays a big role; companies innovate in order to create new products or services with preeminent features. Every innovation comes from creativity; this is the process of combination ideas in an exclusive ways and then it results in useful and distinctive products or specific work techniques, which is called as the innovation. The innovation is a search of new ideas beyond the company’s boundaries and allows these ideas easily assign…
1996 immigrants only made up 13.7 percent of entrepreneurs, in 2012 they compromised a whopping 27.1 percent of America’s entrepreneur population. This is no surprise considering that for most immigrants the pursuit of the American Dream and entrepreneurship are two ideas that are tightly interwoven. Surprisingly, this is a phenomenon that has gone relatively unnoticed by the general population until recently. The thoughts of a self- employed immigrant usually produce images of small shop owners…
As a 22 year old fresh off the heels of university, I landed a well-paid big kid job within a few months of my graduation. At the time, I was ecstatic because it meant that I wouldn't have to worry about supporting myself. Thing is, there's a reason why corporate gigs pay well-- you sacrifice everything. I did well financially, but emotionally, I was bankrupt. During my near 2 years of chasing work/money, I missed graduations, births, and the important aspects of my life. Taking back my time…
Perseverance is a lesson taught through hardship and difficulty, most people learn this skill as they begin their young adult life, but for me, I had learned this lesson at a very young age. The most common societal definition of perseverance is usually taught to people as: “stay strong despite the challenges you face” which is a belief that is interpreted in a number of ways by many people. I believe that the real definition of perseverance is facing a challenge and being able to succeed,…
Its a true story and i believe its the book that chose me and not the other way round. In essence, the book is about parental love, sacrifice and the incomprehensible lengths to which they go for the well being and proection of their children. The story is about the hardships of John and Aileen crowley when their children were diagnosed with pompe disease,a rare and incurable fatal muscular disorder. Determined to keep their children alive they raised an astronomical amount of over $100…
The local photographer I chose to write about is Alexis Figueroa. He is a local photographer here born and raised in Caldwell, Idaho. He is a self-taught photographer. He started photographing in 2012 with a his first camera (a Canon Rebel XS) and used it to get a feel for this hobby he decided to pick up while going to local car shows and looking at car forums and pictures other photographers would post online. It didn't take long for him to pick up how to use programs like photoshop and…
Fate - definition: (1) A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and conditioned. (2) The element of chance in the affairs of life; the unforeseen and under-estimated conditions considered as a force shaping events; fortune. "There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed." - Napoleon Bonaparte, French leader "It is what a man thinks of himself that really…