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Japan Academic Society for Ventures and Entrepreneurs

“Entrepreneurial Thought and Action” is a key aspect of our strategy at Babson College (http://www.babson.edu).  These concepts imply that entrepreneurship is a mindset, an approach and that ideas not executed will not result in either social or economic outcomes.  I was in Niigata, Japan yesterday doing a keynote address for a gathering of the 600…

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Women Entrepreneurs In Japan

I arrived in Narita Airport in Tokyo yesterday and was met by Yuka Nakatsumi, CEO of a new company named Miths.  Miths produces and distributes organic matcha green tea in powdered form that can be mixed with boiling water.  Each package includes 5 cup sized samples in a flat transparent envelope that makes it transportable. …

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Rocket Pitch Day At Babson

On October 30th – we held our signature event at Babson – Rocket Pitch Day. This was the 10th consecutive year for this event- and, this is absolutely the BEST of what Babson has to offer – and it symbolizes all that we are.  We had 75 student teams make their “pitches” for business ideas. Each…

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How We Live Our Work Lives

I spent last week in Elsinore, Denmark with Candy Brush at the USE (Understanding Small Enterprises) conference and would like to follow up on Candy’s latest blog as well.  Three main things stood out for me:  1) LO Skollen (pronounced L O Skōllen) as a place and what it stands for, 2)  the emphasis conference…

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Living The Entrepreneurial Experience

I am on my way back from Elsinore, Denmark which is the home of the Kronborg Castle, thought to be the inspiration for Shakespeare’s Hamlet.  I attended a conference with the theme of “Understanding Small Enterprises”.  The topics included ways that small firms could ensure a healthy and safe lifestyle for their owner/managers and their…

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Entrepreneurs – Nature Or Nurture?

“Research in entrepreneurship has come a long way past trait psychology popular in the 1960’s that suggested entrepreneurs were risk-taking, achievement-oriented heroic individuals.  Instead, more than 30 years of research shows that it is behavioral and cognitive psychology that predicts success, not traits. For example, the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (PSED), a longitudinal study…