A blog entry about a great entrepreneur's blog

Article of the day
http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/10/serial-entrepre.html

Marc Andreessen is one of the greatest serial entrepreneurs PERIOD.

Netscape is just one of the companies he took public.

He was recently interviewed for a NY Times article I read this weekend about serial entrepreneurs .

This blog entry talks about the aspirations of someone who has already made more money than they could EVER spend.

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Article of the day
http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/10/serial-entrepre.html

Startup hubs to prosper if they are ready

Featured Article
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20071022/bs_bw/oct2007sb20071019378998;_ylt=Ak2Hum8KVr09SwNxJogS8Des0NUE

Silicon Valley is not the only place where startups can prosper.

This article says entrepreneurship should be at an all time high given the current conditions.

But a business friendly city is not the same an an entrepreneurial hub.

Startup hubs must have connectors, the people who seem to know everyone that entrepreneurs need to know.

Lots of cities have all of the infrastructure in the form of facilities and bureaucracies but miss the spirit of entrepreneurship. Counting the number of heads at a networking event is NOT an entrepreneur development strategy.

Are you a connector? If not, why not?

Do you know what a connector is? If not, read The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell.

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Featured Article
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20071022/bs_bw/oct2007sb20071019378998;_ylt=Ak2Hum8KVr09SwNxJogS8Des0NUE

Austin's former Mayor shows you how to lead

84% of people aren't living up to their potential at work?

Article of the day
http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/columnist/abrams/2007-10-11-workers-survey_N.htm

Okay, I know this article looks like an ad for Intuit.

But I think it shows some interesting information. 27% of these people think they don't know enough about starting/running a business. (Insert entrepreneur development pitch here...)

While Oprah is a fine role model as the first African American female billionaire, Trump is another story. Yeah, okay, I watched some of the Apprentice too. People look up to a guy who gets to be the rude bully? Who is inspired by the worst combover in history?

Interesting who is not on the list. Not Bill Gates, Mr. Packard, Michael Dell, Richard Branson, etc.

America's idea of being an entrepreneur is Donald Trump?

Any red blooded American male can read between the lines on the Hugh Hefner reference.

INTUIT SURVEY RESULTS • 67% of Americans 'regularly' or 'constantly' think about quitting their jobs • 72% want to start their own businesses • 84% believe they'd be more passionate about work if they owned their own business • 56% are most fearful of not making enough money • 27% are most fearful of not knowing enough about starting/running a business • 66 percent of women think Oprah Winfrey is the most inspirational entrepreneur • 38 percent of men think Donald Trump is the most inspirational entrepreneur • 34 percent of men think Hugh Hefner is the most inspirational entrepreneur Survey conducted by Decipher, Inc. of Fresno California

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Article of the day
http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/columnist/abrams/2007-10-11-workers-survey_N.htm

Two articles on the same day show the change in US demographics

Articles of the day
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/10/baby-boomer-no-.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21209301/

The two biggest generations in US history make headlines on the same day for different reasons.

Unfortunately, I am not part of either generation....

I have always been told that the greatest opportunities are created during the greatest times of change.

So opportunity is knocking, which door are you going to knock down?

80 million baby boomers beginning to retire with the greatest generational wealth in history.

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Articles of the day
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/10/baby-boomer-no-.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21209301/

Leadership while you are young?

Article of the day
BusinessWeek - 7 attributes of leadership
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20071011/bs_bw/oct2007sb20071010093227;_ylt=Ajwm3RRnNyu02.WTn3AFJ.is0NUE


Leadership in the US is in a real funk today.

True leaders that take risks get cut off at the knees for speaking their mind about solutions for real issues.

That is how administrators with no vision rise to executive positions and then people wonder why no progress is made.

I call this leadership by attrition.

People who should lead are peeled back until a layer of bland neutrality is exposed and given the title of leader.

Is a leader a true leader even if no one is following?

People can show leadership skills even at a time when they have not earned a critical mass of followers yet.

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BusinessWeek - 7 attributes of leadership
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20071011/bs_bw/oct2007sb20071010093227;_ylt=Ajwm3RRnNyu02.WTn3AFJ.is0NUE