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Ed Mace

At the center of the personality of successful entrepreneurs is a willingness to take risks.

Topical Index

Topical Index ( 12508 clips )

Accounting (topic)
(100 clips)

EBITDA (3 clips)
Fixed Costs (7 clips)
Goodwill (4 clips)
How To Bridge The GAAP And Understand Accounting (31 clips)
I Should Have Taken Accounting - Building a Startup Despite a Science Background (16 clips)
Interpreting The Crystal Ball - Projections and Forecasts (10 clips)
Sarbanes-Oxley - Pros and Cons of SOX Rules (13 clips)
So You Want To Work In An Accounting Firm? (9 clips)
Variable Costs (7 clips)

Advertising (topic)
(95 clips)

Advertising (95 clips)

Ad Campaigns and Strategies (24 clips)
Advertising Investment and Return (8 clips)
Internet Marketing and Advertising (15 clips)
Logos - When One Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words (22 clips)
Press, Publicity and Promotion (26 clips)

Africa (topic)
(13 clips)

Africa (13 clips)

Agriculture (topic)
(12 clips)

Risk and the Agricultural Industry (12 clips)

Ambiguity Tolerance (topic)
(14 clips)

Ambiguity Tolerance (14 clips)

Angel Investors (topic)
(23 clips)

Angel Investors (23 clips)

Barriers to Entry (topic)
(10 clips)

Barriers to Entry (10 clips)

Base of the Pyramid (BOP) (topic)
(1 clips)

Base of the Pyramid (BOP) (1 clips)

Base of the Pyramid (BOP) - Definition
BOP - Product/Technology Innovation
Business Model Innovation
Microfinance

Biotechnology (topic)
(52 clips)

Biotechnology and Pharma From 30,000 Feet (25 clips)
Will An Engineering/Science Background Help Or Hurt In Business? (27 clips)

Board of Advisors (topic)
(17 clips)

Board of Advisors (17 clips)

Board of Directors (topic)
(15 clips)

Board of Directors (15 clips)

Bootstrapping (topic)
(140 clips)

Funding - Getting Funding for a Startup (128 clips)

Challenges Encountered During The Funding Process (20 clips)
Deciding on Debt - Choosing Debt As A Method for Funding (6 clips)
Evaluate Your Options - Sources of Capital For Funding (49 clips)
Funding A Startup With Bubblegum and Baling Wire (29 clips)
Using Venture Capital As A Funding Source (24 clips)

Spotlight on Bootstrapping (12 clips)

Boycotts (topic)
(15 clips)

Boycott Theory (15 clips)

Brainstorming (topic)
(14 clips)

Brainstorming (14 clips)

Brand and Branding (topic)
(2 clips)

Branding (2 clips)

Logos - When One Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words
Managing A Brand
Real-world Brand Examples
What Is A Brand And Why Is It So Important?

Brazil (topic)
(244 clips)

Brazil (244 clips)

Breakeven (topic)
(6 clips)

Breakeven (6 clips)

Business Etiquette (topic)
(38 clips)

Mind Your Manners - Surviving Business Meals (38 clips)

Business Plans (topic)
(347 clips)

Business Plan Competitions (16 clips)
Business Planning Is About The Process And Not The Plan (20 clips)
Business Plans - Waste of Time or Sound Investment? (61 clips)
Business Plans - What makes a strong one? (90 clips)

Strong B-Plans Are Clear, Clean, Concise and Critiqued (18 clips)
Strong B-Plans Aren't As Important As The People Behind Them (15 clips)
Strong B-Plans Get The Value Proposition Right (26 clips)
Strong B-Plans Have Realistic Financials That Tie Together (12 clips)
Strong B-Plans Have Solid Research and Industry Understanding (14 clips)
Strong B-Plans Tell An Inspiring Story (5 clips)

Quotes on Business Planning (14 clips)
SWOT Analysis (4 clips)
Business Plan Components - General (19 clips)
Business Plan Components - Executive Summary (11 clips)
Business Plan Components - Competitive Advantage (34 clips)
Business Plan Components - Market Research and Analysis (26 clips)
Business Plan Components - Management Teams (19 clips)
Business Plan Components - Plan of Operations (6 clips)
Business Plan Components - Financials (14 clips)
Business Plan Components - Mission Statements (13 clips)

Capital (topic)
(275 clips)

Funding - Getting Funding for a Startup (128 clips)

Challenges Encountered During The Funding Process (20 clips)
Deciding on Debt - Choosing Debt As A Method for Funding (6 clips)
Evaluate Your Options - Sources of Capital For Funding (49 clips)
Funding A Startup With Bubblegum and Baling Wire (29 clips)
Using Venture Capital As A Funding Source (24 clips)

Venture Capital (147 clips)

Are All Venture Capitalists Evil? (13 clips)
General Information and Overview of VC Industry (30 clips)
Thicken Your Skin and Know Your Numbers - Advice For Dealing With VCs (15 clips)
Using Venture Capital As A Funding Source (24 clips)
Venture Capital From The Entrepreneur Perspective (29 clips)
Venture Capital From The VC Perspective (36 clips)

Career (topic)
(831 clips)

Advice For Your First Job (15 clips)
Best Foot Forward - Writing a Strong Resume (16 clips)
Choosing a Career (41 clips)
Choosing a First Work Experience (41 clips)
Coaching Advice For Your Career (62 clips)
Creative Job Search Strategies (30 clips)
Defining Entrepreneur As Set of Skills - Not A Career (6 clips)
Dress For Success (25 clips)
Entrepreneur Path Versus Corporate Path (23 clips)
I Love New York? - Choosing To Live In NYC (5 clips)
Interviewing Strategies (71 clips)
Making the Grade - Is A High GPA Important? (17 clips)
Mentors - Entrepreneurs Discuss Role of Mentors (66 clips)
Mind Your Manners - Surviving Business Meals (38 clips)
Networking - Building and Using a Network of People (2 clips)

Examples of Networking In Action
How To Develop A Network
Importance of Networking
Maintaining Your Network

So You Want A Career In Banking or Finance? (42 clips)
So You Want A Career In Human Resources? (2 clips)
So You Want A Career In The Entertainment Industry? (11 clips)
So You Want To Be A Consultant? (47 clips)

Thoughts on Consulting

So You Want To Be A Lawyer? (12 clips)
So You Want To Be A Young Entrepreneur? (59 clips)
So You Want To Be In Marketing? (19 clips)
So You Want To Work At A Small Company? (4 clips)
So You Want To Work In A Not-For-Profit Environment? (11 clips)
So You Want To Work In An Accounting Firm? (9 clips)
Toot Your Own Horn Without Blowing It (25 clips)
Will An Engineering/Science Background Help Or Hurt In Business? (27 clips)
Women In Business - Special Considerations (105 clips)

Acting Like A Man Doesn't Really Work (8 clips)
Barriers - Are They Still There? (16 clips)
Be Ready For the Workplace - Stories of Stereotyping (10 clips)
Can You Have It All? : Balancing Work Life with Family (25 clips)
Strategic Career Advice for Women (27 clips)
What Skills /Behaviors Can Help You in the Workplace? (19 clips)

Case Studies (topic)
(135 clips)

TerraCycle: Turning Poop To Profit (6 clips)
Wal-Mart: Box Store Bully or Gentle Giant? (24 clips)
Women In Business - Special Considerations (105 clips)

Acting Like A Man Doesn't Really Work (8 clips)
Barriers - Are They Still There? (16 clips)
Be Ready For the Workplace - Stories of Stereotyping (10 clips)
Can You Have It All? : Balancing Work Life with Family (25 clips)
Strategic Career Advice for Women (27 clips)
What Skills /Behaviors Can Help You in the Workplace? (19 clips)

Cash and Cash Flow (topic)
(95 clips)

Cash Flow - Show Me The Money!!! (77 clips)

Cash Flow Is More Important Than Your Mother (38 clips)
Real-life Examples of Cash Flow Challenges (39 clips)

Quotes on Cash and Funding (18 clips)

Coaching (topic)
(62 clips)

Coaching Advice For Your Career (62 clips)

Commercialization (topic)
(213 clips)

Copyrights (14 clips)
Invention to Venture - Making the Transition From Academia To Business (20 clips)
Licensing, Ownership and Infringement (38 clips)
Patents (62 clips)
Secrecy and Safeguarding (18 clips)
The Ivory Tower of Doom - Navigating the University Tech Transfer Process (38 clips)
Tradenames, Trademarks and Brandnames (23 clips)

Communication (topic)
(34 clips)

Communication Skills (topic) (22 clips)

Communication Skills (22 clips)

Listening (topic) (12 clips)

Listening Skills (12 clips)

Competitve Advantage (topic)
(34 clips)

Business Plan Components - Competitive Advantage (34 clips)

Conflict Resolution (topic)
(13 clips)

Conflict Resolution (13 clips)

Consulting (topic)
(47 clips)

So You Want To Be A Consultant? (47 clips)

Thoughts on Consulting

Copyrights (topic)
(14 clips)

Copyrights (14 clips)

Cornell (topic)
(80 clips)

Loud Her Praises Tell - Alumni Discuss How Cornell Prepared Them For Life (80 clips)

Corporate Culture (topic)
(27 clips)

Corporate Culture (27 clips)

Corporate Social Responsibility (topic)
(150 clips)

Corporate Social Responsibility (150 clips)

Corporate Social Responsibility Definition (36 clips)
Fair Trade (22 clips)
Giving Back - At the Personal and Corporate Level (13 clips)
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving (29 clips)
Profitability and Social Responsibility (22 clips)
Socially Responsible Investing (9 clips)
Triple Bottom Line (15 clips)
Urban Reinvestment (4 clips)

Creativity (topic)
(27 clips)

Creativity and the Creative Process (27 clips)

Customers (topic)
(90 clips)

Customer Interaction (90 clips)

Customer Service and Relationship Management (30 clips)
Finding and Understanding Your Target Customers (45 clips)
Importance of Customer Feedback (15 clips)

Decision Making (topic)
(12 clips)

Decision Making (12 clips)

Delegation (topic)
(18 clips)

Being Jack-of-all-Trades and Then Having To Delegate (18 clips)

Design (topic)
(68 clips)

Designers As Entrepreneurs (51 clips)
Retail - Working In Retail Fashion (17 clips)

Distribution (topic)
(2 clips)

Distribution (2 clips)

Shelf Space and Slotting

Diversity (topic)
(53 clips)

Diversity In The Workplace (53 clips)

Due Diligence (topic)
(10 clips)

Due Diligence (10 clips)

EBITDA (topic)
(3 clips)

EBITDA (3 clips)

Economics (topic)
(44 clips)

Boycott Theory (15 clips)
Economic Concepts (17 clips)
Economic Crisis (12 clips)

Education (topic)
(213 clips)

Balancing Academic Life and A Startup (30 clips)
Continuing Education (5 clips)
Experience Can Be The Best Teacher (11 clips)
Making the Grade - Is A High GPA Important? (17 clips)
Pros and Cons of Getting A MBA (71 clips)
Skills To Take Away From the Undergraduate Experience (62 clips)
Thoughts on Pursuing a Law Degree (17 clips)

Employees (topic)
(1 clips)

Managing People (1 clips)

Challenges of Being a Manager
Firing Employees
Hiring Employees
Human Resources Issues
Investing in and Growing Employees
Managing versus Leading
Motivating and Retaining Employees

Engineering (topic)
(59 clips)

Engineers As Entrepreneurs (32 clips)

Will An Engineering/Science Background Help Or Hurt In Business?

Will An Engineering/Science Background Help Or Hurt In Business? (27 clips)

Entertainment Industry (topic)
(14 clips)

Face The Music - Challenges in the Music and Entertainment Industries (14 clips)

Entrepreneurship (topic)
(761 clips)

Being Jack-of-all-Trades and Then Having To Delegate (18 clips)
Defining Entrepreneur As Being Your Own Boss (16 clips)
Defining Entrepreneur As Creative, Adaptable and Flexible (21 clips)
Defining Entrepreneur As Creator, Builder and Visionary (41 clips)
Defining Entrepreneur As One Who Takes Ownership and Control (16 clips)
Defining Entrepreneur As Opportunity Finder (14 clips)
Defining Entrepreneur As Passionate and Determined (48 clips)
Defining Entrepreneur As Risk Taker (43 clips)
Defining Entrepreneur As Set of Skills - Not A Career (6 clips)
Designers As Entrepreneurs (51 clips)
Engineers As Entrepreneurs (32 clips)

Will An Engineering/Science Background Help Or Hurt In Business?

Enormous Amount of Sweat Equity Needed (7 clips)
Entrepreneur Path Versus Corporate Path (23 clips)
Entrepreneurs - Are They Born or Made? (16 clips)
Fine Arts Entrepreneurs (21 clips)
Handling People Issues and Being Ultimately Responsible For the Business (9 clips)
Handling Risk, Worries and Setbacks (10 clips)
Intrapreneur - Defined (7 clips)
Loneliness and Isolation (3 clips)
Perpetual Pursuit of Funding and Developing Credibility (9 clips)
Quotes on Entrepreneurship (20 clips)
Rewards of Entrepreneurship (32 clips)
Scientists As Entrepreneurs (18 clips)

Will An Engineering/Science Background Help Or Hurt In Business?

Serial Entrepreneurs and Serial Entrepreneurship (4 clips)
So You Want To Be A Young Entrepreneur? (59 clips)
Social Entrepreneurship (59 clips)

Social Entrepreneur - Definition (23 clips)
Transferring Social Values To A Business Model (36 clips)

Successful Entrepreneurs and Businesspeople Have... (126 clips)

Ability to Take Risks (9 clips)
Communication Skills (22 clips)
Flexibility and Ability to Make Decisions (12 clips)
Integrity and Credibility (7 clips)
Intellectual Curiosity (5 clips)
Listening Skills (12 clips)
Passion and Vision (20 clips)
Plans and Goals (2 clips)
Preparation (10 clips)
Sense of Humor (6 clips)
Strong People Skills (5 clips)
Tenacity and Strong Work Ethics (16 clips)

Young Entrepreneurs - advice for young professionals (32 clips)

Environmental Management (topic)
(71 clips)

Environmental Management (71 clips)

Alternative and Renewable Energy (22 clips)
Carbon Credits (12 clips)
Climate Change (8 clips)
Eco-Efficiency (1 clips)
Full Cost Accounting (2 clips)
Green Building (3 clips)
Green Design (8 clips)
Greening (5 clips)
Recycling (5 clips)
Waste Reduction (5 clips)

Ethics (topic)
(106 clips)

But Can You Look Yourself In The Mirror? : The Importance of Integrity (28 clips)
Examples of Ethical Issues and Challenges In The Workplace (46 clips)
Quotes on Ethics (19 clips)
Reputation Is Your Foundation (13 clips)

Execution (topic)
(28 clips)

Execution - Moving a Business Plan From Idea to Reality (28 clips)

Executive Compensation (topic)
(6 clips)

Executive Compensation (6 clips)

Executive Summary (topic)
(11 clips)

Business Plan Components - Executive Summary (11 clips)

Exit Strategy (topic)
(48 clips)

Exit Strategies (48 clips)

Experience (topic)
(52 clips)

Choosing a First Work Experience (41 clips)
Experience Can Be The Best Teacher (11 clips)

Failure (topic)
(141 clips)

Failure - It's Not The End of The World (25 clips)
Learning and Recovering From Mistakes (67 clips)
Oops! Real-life Examples of Bad Business Decisions (24 clips)
Quotes On Failures and Mistakes (20 clips)
Shoot Your Dogs Early - When To Cut Your Losses And Walk Away (5 clips)

Family Business (topic)
(68 clips)

All In The Family - Thoughts on Family Businesses (41 clips)
Friends and Family As Business Partners - Recipe For Success or Disaster? (27 clips)

Financials (topic)
(14 clips)

Business Plan Components - Financials (14 clips)

Financing (topic)
(501 clips)

Angel Investors (23 clips)
Due Diligence (10 clips)
Exit Strategies (48 clips)
Funding - Getting Funding for a Startup (128 clips)

Challenges Encountered During The Funding Process (20 clips)
Deciding on Debt - Choosing Debt As A Method for Funding (6 clips)
Evaluate Your Options - Sources of Capital For Funding (49 clips)
Funding A Startup With Bubblegum and Baling Wire (29 clips)
Using Venture Capital As A Funding Source (24 clips)

Perpetual Pursuit of Funding and Developing Credibility (9 clips)
Pitching the Plan (94 clips)

Elevator Pitch (8 clips)
Making the Pitch - Advice From Both Sides of the Table (39 clips)
Pitching to Investors - Sample Pitches (47 clips)

Are All Venture Capitalists Evil? (13 clips)
General Information and Overview of VC Industry (30 clips)
Thicken Your Skin and Know Your Numbers - Advice For Dealing With VCs (15 clips)
Using Venture Capital As A Funding Source (24 clips)
Venture Capital From The Entrepreneur Perspective (29 clips)
Venture Capital From The VC Perspective (36 clips)

Fine Arts (topic)
(21 clips)

Fine Arts Entrepreneurs (21 clips)

Firing Employees (topic)
(15 clips)

Firing employees (topic) (15 clips)

Firing Employees (15 clips)

Fixed Costs (topic)
(7 clips)

Fixed Costs (7 clips)

Focus Groups (topic)
(11 clips)

Focus Groups (topic) (11 clips)

Focus Groups (11 clips)

Forecasts and Forecasting (topic)
(10 clips)

Interpreting The Crystal Ball - Projections and Forecasts (10 clips)

Franchising (topic)
(10 clips)

Franchising (10 clips)

Fund Management (topic)
(19 clips)

Fund Management (19 clips)

Funding (topic)
(341 clips)

Angel Investors (23 clips)
Funding - Getting Funding for a Startup (128 clips)

Challenges Encountered During The Funding Process (20 clips)
Deciding on Debt - Choosing Debt As A Method for Funding (6 clips)
Evaluate Your Options - Sources of Capital For Funding (49 clips)
Funding A Startup With Bubblegum and Baling Wire (29 clips)
Using Venture Capital As A Funding Source (24 clips)

Are All Venture Capitalists Evil? (13 clips)
General Information and Overview of VC Industry (30 clips)
Thicken Your Skin and Know Your Numbers - Advice For Dealing With VCs (15 clips)
Using Venture Capital As A Funding Source (24 clips)
Venture Capital From The Entrepreneur Perspective (29 clips)
Venture Capital From The VC Perspective (36 clips)

Gender (topic)
(234 clips)

Dealing With Gender-Based Discrimination (35 clips)
Do You Have To Act Like A Man To Get To The Boardroom? (13 clips)
Management and Leadership Differences: Men vs. Women (15 clips)
Old Boys Network - Thing of the Past or Still Going Strong? (11 clips)
There's No Crying In Baseball: Women, Assertiveness, Self-Esteem and Negotiation (31 clips)
Women In Business - Special Considerations (105 clips)

Acting Like A Man Doesn't Really Work (8 clips)
Barriers - Are They Still There? (16 clips)
Be Ready For the Workplace - Stories of Stereotyping (10 clips)
Can You Have It All? : Balancing Work Life with Family (25 clips)
Strategic Career Advice for Women (27 clips)
What Skills /Behaviors Can Help You in the Workplace? (19 clips)

Working Moms - Thoughts on Juggling Career and Family (24 clips)

Generation Y (topic)
(8 clips)

Generation Y (8 clips)

Globalization (topic)
(14 clips)

Globalization (14 clips)

Goodwill (topic)
(4 clips)

Goodwill (4 clips)

Health (topic)
(31 clips)

Health Issues - Balancing health, stress and work demands (31 clips)

Hiring (topic)
(39 clips)

Hiring (topic) (39 clips)

Hiring Employees (39 clips)

Hospitality (topic)
(52 clips)

Food For Thought - When Food Products Jump From Test Kitchen To Retail (27 clips)
Hospitality Industry Trends and Issues (13 clips)
Maitre D'emons - Challenges of Being a Restaurant Entrepreneur (12 clips)

HR/Human Resources (topic)
(196 clips)

Handling People Issues and Being Ultimately Responsible For the Business (9 clips)
Leading People (171 clips)

Challenges of Being a Leader (11 clips)
Followership (5 clips)
Leadership - General (40 clips)
Leading a Team (15 clips)
Managing versus Leading (9 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Are Compassionate (5 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Are Self-Aware (7 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Care About The Team (21 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Communicate Well (9 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Have Courage and Take Risks (3 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Have Strength of Character (14 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Have Vision and Passion (20 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders See Mistakes As Learning Opportunities (7 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Work Hard and Get Their Hands Dirty (5 clips)

Management and Leadership Differences: Men vs. Women (15 clips)
Managing People (1 clips)

Challenges of Being a Manager
Firing Employees
Hiring Employees
Human Resources Issues
Investing in and Growing Employees
Managing versus Leading
Motivating and Retaining Employees

Humor (topic)
(17 clips)

Humorous and Memorable Stories About The Journey (17 clips)

Sense of Humor

Idea Generation (topic)
(55 clips)

Brainstorming (14 clips)
Idea Generation and Filtering (37 clips)
SWOT Analysis (4 clips)

Incubator (topic)
(28 clips)

Incubators (28 clips)

Innovation (topic)
(51 clips)

Thoughts on Innovation (51 clips)

Inspiration (topic)
(24 clips)

Inspirational Clips (24 clips)

Intellectual Property (topic)
(155 clips)

Copyrights (14 clips)
Licensing, Ownership and Infringement (38 clips)
Patents (62 clips)
Secrecy and Safeguarding (18 clips)
Tradenames, Trademarks and Brandnames (23 clips)

International (topic)
(437 clips)

Africa (13 clips)
Brazil (244 clips)
China (71 clips)
Globalization (14 clips)
India (31 clips)
International Topics - General (64 clips)

Internships (topic)
(29 clips)

Internships Can Open Your Eyes (29 clips)

Interviewing (topic)
(150 clips)

Best Foot Forward - Writing a Strong Resume (16 clips)
Dress For Success (25 clips)
Interviewing Strategies (71 clips)
Mind Your Manners - Surviving Business Meals (38 clips)

Intrapreneur (topic)
(7 clips)

Intrapreneur - Defined (7 clips)

Investment Banking (topic)
(42 clips)

So You Want A Career In Banking or Finance? (42 clips)

IPO (topic)
(38 clips)

IPO (Initial Public Offering) (38 clips)

Joint Ventures (topic)
(9 clips)

Joint Ventures (9 clips)

Law (topic)
(41 clips)

Oral Arguments (12 clips)
So You Want To Be A Lawyer? (12 clips)
Thoughts on Pursuing a Law Degree (17 clips)

Leadership (topic)
(208 clips)

Leading People (171 clips)

Challenges of Being a Leader (11 clips)
Followership (5 clips)
Leadership - General (40 clips)
Leading a Team (15 clips)
Managing versus Leading (9 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Are Compassionate (5 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Are Self-Aware (7 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Care About The Team (21 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Communicate Well (9 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Have Courage and Take Risks (3 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Have Strength of Character (14 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Have Vision and Passion (20 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders See Mistakes As Learning Opportunities (7 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Work Hard and Get Their Hands Dirty (5 clips)

Management and Leadership Differences: Men vs. Women (15 clips)
Quotes on Leadership (22 clips)

Licenses and Licensing (topic)
(38 clips)

Licensing, Ownership and Infringement (38 clips)

Life Balance (topic)
(324 clips)

Balancing Academic Life and A Startup (30 clips)
Choosing Balance Over Money or Power (10 clips)
Health Issues - Balancing health, stress and work demands (31 clips)
Listening To Your Inner Voice (8 clips)
Parental Influence (52 clips)
Strategies For Achieving A Balance (67 clips)
Thoughts on Stay-At-Home Parents (15 clips)
When Equilibrium Is Hard To Achieve (21 clips)
Work and Family (42 clips)
Work and Relationships (15 clips)
Work-Life Balance Wake Up Calls (9 clips)
Working Moms - Thoughts on Juggling Career and Family (24 clips)

Life Sciences (topic)
(79 clips)

Biotechnology and Pharma From 30,000 Feet (25 clips)
I Should Have Taken Accounting - Building a Startup Despite a Science Background (16 clips)
Invention to Venture - Making the Transition From Academia To Business (20 clips)
Scientists As Entrepreneurs (18 clips)

Will An Engineering/Science Background Help Or Hurt In Business?

Logos (topic)
(22 clips)

Logos (topic) (22 clips)

Logos - When One Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words (22 clips)

Management Teams (topic)
(19 clips)

Business Plan Components - Management Teams (19 clips)

Managing (topic)
(16 clips)

Management and Leadership Differences: Men vs. Women (15 clips)
Managing People (1 clips)

Challenges of Being a Manager
Firing Employees
Hiring Employees
Human Resources Issues
Investing in and Growing Employees
Managing versus Leading
Motivating and Retaining Employees

Market Research (topic)
(214 clips)

Marketing Strategies (188 clips)

Affinity Marketing (4 clips)
Direct Marketing (4 clips)
Focus Groups (11 clips)
Guerilla Marketing (3 clips)
Internet Marketing and Advertising (15 clips)
Market Research (20 clips)
Marketing Plans (8 clips)
Packaging (26 clips)
Real-world Marketing Strategies (34 clips)
Shelf Space and Slotting (15 clips)
Surveys (23 clips)
Target Markets (18 clips)
What Is Marketing? (7 clips)

Business Plan Components - Market Research and Analysis (26 clips)

Marketing (topic)
(251 clips)

Merchandising (5 clips)
So You Want To Be In Marketing? (19 clips)
Trade Shows (13 clips)
Marketing Strategies (188 clips)

Affinity Marketing (4 clips)
Direct Marketing (4 clips)
Focus Groups (11 clips)
Guerilla Marketing (3 clips)
Internet Marketing and Advertising (15 clips)
Market Research (20 clips)
Marketing Plans (8 clips)
Packaging (26 clips)
Real-world Marketing Strategies (34 clips)
Shelf Space and Slotting (15 clips)
Surveys (23 clips)
Target Markets (18 clips)
What Is Marketing? (7 clips)

Business Plan Components - Market Research and Analysis (26 clips)

Marriage (topic)
(22 clips)

Marry The Right Person (7 clips)
Work and Relationships (15 clips)

MBA - Masters in Business Administration (topic)
(71 clips)

Pros and Cons of Getting A MBA (71 clips)

Mentors and Mentoring (topic)
(66 clips)

Mentors - Entrepreneurs Discuss Role of Mentors (66 clips)

Merchandising (topic)
(5 clips)

Merchandising (5 clips)

Mission Statements (topic)
(13 clips)

Business Plan Components - Mission Statements (13 clips)

Music Industry (topic)
(14 clips)

Face The Music - Challenges in the Music and Entertainment Industries (14 clips)

Negotiating (topic)
(99 clips)

Negotiating (68 clips)

Hard Skills Needed For Effective Negotiating (19 clips)
Negotiating - Win-Win Versus Win-Lose (11 clips)
Negotiation - Does Gender Play A Role? (7 clips)
Soft Skills Needed For Effective Negotiating (31 clips)

There's No Crying In Baseball: Women, Assertiveness, Self-Esteem and Negotiation (31 clips)

Networking (topic)
(16 clips)

Networking - Building and Using a Network of People (2 clips)

Examples of Networking In Action
How To Develop A Network
Importance of Networking
Maintaining Your Network

Quotes on Networking (14 clips)

Not For Profits (topic)
(51 clips)

Non-Profits and Charitable Organizations (51 clips)

Operations (topic)
(76 clips)

Distribution (2 clips)

Shelf Space and Slotting

Product Development (68 clips)

Innovation and New Product Development (11 clips)
Product Development Processes and Considerations (24 clips)
Product Liability (7 clips)
Product Mix (6 clips)
Real World Examples of New Product Development (10 clips)
The Customer Is Always Right When It Comes To New Product Development (10 clips)

Business Plan Components - Plan of Operations (6 clips)

Organizational Structures (topic)
(84 clips)

Legal Structuring and Formation - Minimizing Liability and Taxes (19 clips)
Non-Profits and Charitable Organizations (51 clips)
Ownership - General Issues (14 clips)

Overhead (topic)
(13 clips)

Overhead (13 clips)

Ownership (topic)
(164 clips)

All In The Family - Thoughts on Family Businesses (41 clips)
Benefits of Having a Partnership (28 clips)
Challenges and Pitfalls in Partnerships (20 clips)
Friends and Family As Business Partners - Recipe For Success or Disaster? (27 clips)
Joint Ventures (9 clips)
Outlining Responsibilities, Equity and Dissolution (16 clips)
Ownership - General Issues (14 clips)
Trust Me, I'm Your Partner! (9 clips)

Packaging (topic)
(26 clips)

Packaging (topic) (26 clips)

Packaging (26 clips)

Parents (topic)
(52 clips)

Parental Influence (52 clips)

Partnership (topic)
(123 clips)

Benefits of Having a Partnership (28 clips)
Challenges and Pitfalls in Partnerships (20 clips)
Friends and Family As Business Partners - Recipe For Success or Disaster? (27 clips)
Joint Ventures (9 clips)
Outlining Responsibilities, Equity and Dissolution (16 clips)
Ownership - General Issues (14 clips)
Trust Me, I'm Your Partner! (9 clips)

Passion (topic)
(48 clips)

Defining Entrepreneur As Passionate and Determined (48 clips)

Patents (topic)
(62 clips)

Patents (62 clips)

Payroll (topic)
(7 clips)

Payroll - Challenges of Cutting The Checks (7 clips)

Perseverance (topic)
(11 clips)

Perseverance (11 clips)

Personal Strategy and Style (topic)
(126 clips)

Successful Entrepreneurs and Businesspeople Have... (126 clips)

Ability to Take Risks (9 clips)
Communication Skills (22 clips)
Flexibility and Ability to Make Decisions (12 clips)
Integrity and Credibility (7 clips)
Intellectual Curiosity (5 clips)
Listening Skills (12 clips)
Passion and Vision (20 clips)
Plans and Goals (2 clips)
Preparation (10 clips)
Sense of Humor (6 clips)
Strong People Skills (5 clips)
Tenacity and Strong Work Ethics (16 clips)

Pharmaceuticals (topic)
(25 clips)

Biotechnology and Pharma From 30,000 Feet (25 clips)

Philanthropy (topic)
(42 clips)

Philanthropy (42 clips)

Giving Back - At the Personal and Corporate Level (13 clips)
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving (29 clips)

Pitches and Pitching (topic)
(94 clips)

Pitching the Plan (94 clips)

Elevator Pitch (8 clips)
Making the Pitch - Advice From Both Sides of the Table (39 clips)
Pitching to Investors - Sample Pitches (47 clips)

Porter's Five Forces Model (topic)
(2 clips)

Porter's Five Forces Model (2 clips)

Pricing (topic)
(26 clips)

Pricing (topic) (26 clips)

Pricing Strategies (26 clips)

Private Equity (topic)
(8 clips)

Private Equity (8 clips)

Product Development (topic)
(68 clips)

Product Development (68 clips)

Innovation and New Product Development (11 clips)
Product Development Processes and Considerations (24 clips)
Product Liability (7 clips)
Product Mix (6 clips)
Real World Examples of New Product Development (10 clips)
The Customer Is Always Right When It Comes To New Product Development (10 clips)

Product Liability (topic)
(7 clips)

Product Liability (7 clips)

Projections (topic)
(10 clips)

Interpreting The Crystal Ball - Projections and Forecasts (10 clips)

Public Relations (PR) (topic)
(26 clips)

Public Relations (PR) (topic) (26 clips)

Press, Publicity and Promotion (26 clips)

Resume (topic)
(16 clips)

Best Foot Forward - Writing a Strong Resume (16 clips)

Retail (topic)
(17 clips)

Retail - Working In Retail Fashion (17 clips)

Risk (topic)
(152 clips)

Ability to Take Risks (topic) (9 clips)

Ability to Take Risks (9 clips)

Ambiguity Tolerance (14 clips)
Calculated Risks (12 clips)
Defining Entrepreneur As Risk Taker (43 clips)
Handling Risk, Worries and Setbacks (10 clips)
Risk and the Agricultural Industry (12 clips)
Risk Takers vs. Risk Averse (16 clips)
Risk Taking Is Easier When You Have Less To Lose (12 clips)
Taking The Leap - Embracing The Risk Of A Startup (24 clips)

Sales (topic)
(107 clips)

Quotes on Sales and Selling (19 clips)
Sales (88 clips)

Challenges and Surprises in Selling (13 clips)
Importance of Developing Sales Experience (15 clips)
Pricing Strategies (26 clips)
Sales Strategies (34 clips)

Sciences (topic)
(79 clips)

Biotechnology and Pharma From 30,000 Feet (25 clips)
I Should Have Taken Accounting - Building a Startup Despite a Science Background (16 clips)
Invention to Venture - Making the Transition From Academia To Business (20 clips)
Scientists As Entrepreneurs (18 clips)

Will An Engineering/Science Background Help Or Hurt In Business?

Slotting (topic)
(15 clips)

Slotting (topic) (15 clips)

Shelf Space and Slotting (15 clips)

Social Entrepreneurship (topic)
(59 clips)

Social Entrepreneurship (59 clips)

Social Entrepreneur - Definition (23 clips)
Transferring Social Values To A Business Model (36 clips)

Social Media (topic)
(30 clips)

Social Media and Social Networking (30 clips)

Social Networking (topic)
(30 clips)

Social Media and Social Networking (30 clips)

Social Responsibility (topic)
(59 clips)

Social Entrepreneurship (59 clips)

Social Entrepreneur - Definition (23 clips)
Transferring Social Values To A Business Model (36 clips)

Startups (topic)
(88 clips)

Incubators (28 clips)
Motivation To Build A Startup (36 clips)
Taking The Leap - Embracing The Risk Of A Startup (24 clips)

Strategic Partnerships (topic)
(9 clips)

Strategic Partnerships and Strategic Alliances (9 clips)

Strategy (topic)
(54 clips)

Brainstorming (14 clips)
Decision Making (12 clips)
Porter's Five Forces Model (2 clips)
Strategic Partnerships and Strategic Alliances (9 clips)
Strategy and Strategic Thinking (13 clips)
SWOT Analysis (4 clips)

Success (topic)
(38 clips)

Success - defined (38 clips)

Surveys (topic)
(23 clips)

Surveys (topic) (23 clips)

Surveys (23 clips)

Sustainability and Sustainable Enterprise (topic)
(359 clips)

Base of the Pyramid (BOP) (1 clips)

Base of the Pyramid (BOP) - Definition
BOP - Product/Technology Innovation
Business Model Innovation
Microfinance

Corporate Social Responsibility (150 clips)

Corporate Social Responsibility Definition (36 clips)
Fair Trade (22 clips)
Giving Back - At the Personal and Corporate Level (13 clips)
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving (29 clips)
Profitability and Social Responsibility (22 clips)
Socially Responsible Investing (9 clips)
Triple Bottom Line (15 clips)
Urban Reinvestment (4 clips)

Environmental Management (71 clips)

Alternative and Renewable Energy (22 clips)
Carbon Credits (12 clips)
Climate Change (8 clips)
Eco-Efficiency (1 clips)
Full Cost Accounting (2 clips)
Green Building (3 clips)
Green Design (8 clips)
Greening (5 clips)
Recycling (5 clips)
Waste Reduction (5 clips)

Quotes on Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship (13 clips)
Social Entrepreneurship (59 clips)

Social Entrepreneur - Definition (23 clips)
Transferring Social Values To A Business Model (36 clips)

Sustainability - Definition (22 clips)
Sustainable Innovation (43 clips)

Carbon Credits (12 clips)
Fair Trade (22 clips)
Leapfrog Technology (2 clips)
Sustainable Innovation - Definition (7 clips)

Sustainable Innovation (topic)
(43 clips)

Sustainable Innovation (43 clips)

Carbon Credits (12 clips)
Fair Trade (22 clips)
Leapfrog Technology (2 clips)
Sustainable Innovation - Definition (7 clips)

SWOT Analysis (topic)
(4 clips)

SWOT Analysis (4 clips)

Tax (topic)
(11 clips)

Taxes (11 clips)

Teamwork (topic)
(98 clips)

Quotes on Teamwork (12 clips)
Teamwork (86 clips)

Get the Right People On The Bus - Importance of Building a Strong Team (28 clips)
Leading a Team (15 clips)
No Man Is An Island - Arguments For A Team Approach (14 clips)
Team Building Strategies (29 clips)

Technology (topic)
(37 clips)

Social Media and Social Networking (30 clips)
Virtual Worlds (7 clips)

Technology Entrepreneurs (topic)
(20 clips)

Technology Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship (20 clips)

Technology Transfer (topic)
(58 clips)

Invention to Venture - Making the Transition From Academia To Business (20 clips)
The Ivory Tower of Doom - Navigating the University Tech Transfer Process (38 clips)

Term Sheets (topic)
(7 clips)

Term Sheets (7 clips)

Time Management (topic)
(25 clips)

Time Management (25 clips)

Trade Secrets (topic)
(18 clips)

Secrecy and Safeguarding (18 clips)

Trade Shows (topic)
(13 clips)

Trade Shows (13 clips)

Trademarks (topic)
(23 clips)

Tradenames, Trademarks and Brandnames (23 clips)

Valuation (topic)
(35 clips)

Valuation (35 clips)

Value (topic)
(12 clips)

Creating Value (12 clips)

Value Proposition (topic)
(26 clips)

Value Proposition (topic) (26 clips)

Strong B-Plans Get The Value Proposition Right (26 clips)

Variable Costs (topic)
(7 clips)

Variable Costs (7 clips)

Venture Capital - VC (topic)
(147 clips)

Venture Capital (147 clips)

Are All Venture Capitalists Evil? (13 clips)
General Information and Overview of VC Industry (30 clips)
Thicken Your Skin and Know Your Numbers - Advice For Dealing With VCs (15 clips)
Using Venture Capital As A Funding Source (24 clips)
Venture Capital From The Entrepreneur Perspective (29 clips)
Venture Capital From The VC Perspective (36 clips)

Video montage (topic)
(8 clips)

Video Montage Collections (8 clips)

Virtual Worlds (topic)
(7 clips)

Virtual Worlds (7 clips)

Vision (topic)
(41 clips)

Defining Entrepreneur As Creator, Builder and Visionary (41 clips)

Women (topic)
(300 clips)

Dealing With Gender-Based Discrimination (35 clips)
Do You Have To Act Like A Man To Get To The Boardroom? (13 clips)
Listening To Your Inner Voice (8 clips)
Management and Leadership Differences: Men vs. Women (15 clips)
Old Boys Network - Thing of the Past or Still Going Strong? (11 clips)
Quotes For Women By Women (16 clips)
There's No Crying In Baseball: Women, Assertiveness, Self-Esteem and Negotiation (31 clips)
Women In Business - Special Considerations (105 clips)

Acting Like A Man Doesn't Really Work (8 clips)
Barriers - Are They Still There? (16 clips)
Be Ready For the Workplace - Stories of Stereotyping (10 clips)
Can You Have It All? : Balancing Work Life with Family (25 clips)
Strategic Career Advice for Women (27 clips)
What Skills /Behaviors Can Help You in the Workplace? (19 clips)

Work and Family (42 clips)
Working Moms - Thoughts on Juggling Career and Family (24 clips)

Young Entrepreneurs (topic)
(121 clips)

Balancing Academic Life and A Startup (30 clips)
So You Want To Be A Young Entrepreneur? (59 clips)
Young Entrepreneurs - advice for young professionals (32 clips)

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But Can You Look Yourself In The Mirror? : The Importance of Integrity
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Entrepreneurs and experts discuss importance of maintaining high ethical standards