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How to Break Up with Your Business Partner

Success

He is 25 years older, and he was my mentor early in my career. I came with a long agenda, including terminal options for a buyout. I worked with my partner since the 1980s at both a big bank and a small business. In 2005, I wanted to start my own firm and asked if he’d like to partner.

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How To Make An Impression in 25 Different Ways

Brilliantly Better

I always encourage the people who I mentor to get involved in a project, organisation or cause bigger than themselves and today I have decided to encourage you to do the same. Keeping your cool in good and bad times lets people you know you have a mind of steel.

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Your Ideas Suck – A rant on Startups, Investors & Profit

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

I was attending this event spontaneously, invited by a friend - so I approached it with no agenda. Most of these “Angel Investors” offer more than just cash - they can (and typically will) offer huge value by mentoring and guiding the businesses they invest in. Here’s why. I wasn’t looking for anything. and certainly not just an idea.