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New Research and a Dirty Truth: Read This Before Chasing the Dollar
“You’re nobody here at $10 million,” said Gary Kremen, the 43-year old founder of Match.com, of Silicon Valley.

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The New Investor Relations
Book Review -- Expert Perspectives on the State of the Art – by Benjamin Mark Cole; Bloomberg Press, 100 Business Park Drive, Box 888, Princeton, NJ 08542, www.bloomberg.com/books, 609-750-5070, October 2003, hardcover -- $55, 320pps
About Bill Gates
Bill Gates is the co-founder of one of the world’s largest corporations, and is himself one of the wealthiest men in the world. Sure, you already knew that. But, just how much do you really know about Bill Gates? Did you know that in university, he told his professors he would be a millionaire by the age of 30? Or that he used to sign up for classes that had the prettiest girls and no sessions on Fridays?

How Do African Businesses Get Start Up Capital?
Hi again, sorry again for the long pause. It seems to be occurring more than what I would like, but things have been moving at whirlwind pace recently. Anyway, this is a question for all of you entrepreneurs, business students, professors, and others in the know on the inner workings of start ups in Africa. How did you or someone that you know get start up funds?

When “Keeping in Touch” Hurts vs. Helps You
Contacting would-be VIP mentors is something most people have trouble with. The question isn’t just “how do I contact them?” but also “how should I communicate with them once I do?” I teach students how to reach the unreachables in my guest lectures at Princeton, and here is my response to a recent e-mail about the latter.
How to Get George Bush or the CEO of Google on the Phone
The below article, titled “Fail Better” and written by Adam Gottesfeld, explores how I teach Princeton students to connect with luminary-level business mentors and celebrities of various types. I’ve edited it to be shorter and clearer in a few places.
Why Bigger Goals = Less Competition
SPRING 2005, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY I had to bribe them. What other choice did I have?
AoM Presentation: Studies on Developing Leadership / People Skills
At the Academy of Management in 2008, three professors shared their experiences and studies on the impact of a leadership simulation, vLeader.

Money can't buy you love but it can buy you happiness
Exploring the issue of happiness by introducing you to the latest research from a group of Harvard professors and my own observations over the years.

Lesson #3: “No person can get very far in life working 40 hours a week.”
Growing up in an impoverished childhood, Marriott knew all too well that success began with determination. From traveling across the U.S. to help support his father’s sheepherding business, to working every summer to pay for his university tuition, Marriott grew up with a determined attitude. Even his professors knew that Marriott was someone to watch for, after he turned his small, one-man operation selling woollen items to lumberjacks into an operation of 45 college students who sold products in seven different states.

The Desperation Solution
You have probably heard it said that necessity is the mother of invention. If necessity is its mother, desperation must certainly have been its father. Creative people often come up with breakthrough solutions only when they're forced to. Professors from the University of Chicago and Harvard determined that there is direct correlation between when unemployment runs out and when people get a job. While desperation may be a great motivator, it's not always the most productive way to perform with excellence. I believe there is a win/win solution here as you and I-as mature, functioning people-can set our own deadlines.

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