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No Mulligans: When Good Entrepreneurs Make Bad Decisions, Joseph E. Levangie
No Mulligans: When Good Entrepreneurs Make Bad Decisions, Joseph E. Levangie
New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
Some of the best entrepreneurs fail early and often. Less talented or less committed entrepreneurs do not even get a second chance. Failure and setbacks, however, can be instructive. What lessons can be learned from these experiences? How can the entrepreneur (and investors) navigate around the potholes on the New Venture Highway? Read on.
The Values Of Being Small And Nimble, Joshua Shuart, Peter Christian ("Chris") Murphy
The Values Of Being Small And Nimble, Joshua Shuart, Peter Christian ("Chris") Murphy
New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
Peter Christian (Chris) Murphy had worked his way up the “food chain” at AT&T for 19 years, culminating in his position as Sales Center Vice President for South Florida. When he and a coworker realized there was an opportunity in the marketplace for a small, nimble company to take advantage of emerging communications technology that a stodgy, lumbering corporation would have trouble integrating into its service package, Chris decided to jump into an entrepreneurial opportunity.