Something You Should Know about Entrepreneurship

 May 13, 2010

Interview with Tom Anastasi, author of the book The Successful Entrepreneur

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Mike Carruthers:
Starting a business may sound glamorous but typically it’s not the road to fast riches.

Tom Anastasi:
Most entrepreneurs will make the same or even less than they would as an employee. The difference is they get to be their own boss and they go to work smiling most of the time.

January 8, 2009
Interview with Paul Sloane author of Improve Your Lateral Thinking: Puzzles To Challenge Your Mind 
 

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Mike Carruthers:
When it comes to problem solving, do you ever engage in lateral thinking?

Paul Sloane:
Lateral thinking is approaching problems from a new direction when conventional thinking runs out of steam. Then we have to approach problems from a different direction.

April 21, 2009
Interview with Scott McKain, author of Collapse of Distinction: Stand out and move up while your competition fails

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Mike Carruthers:
Have you noticed how every place looks like every other place?

Scott McKain:
It used to be in your community you would have a different store, a different place to shop - there was a different feel about your community. And now as I travel throughout the country giving speeches; the Wal-Mart, the Best Buy, the Olive Garden - it's all the same everywhere.