Heather R. Huhman recently posted a blog titled, “Take Your Organization From Good To Great By Fostering ‘Intrapreneurship’” that I thought was relevant. Plus she asked for my input, which was great! View the article by clicking here.
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Over throw a government or become an entrepreneur? It’s all the same.
It struck me, listening to the latest reports on each Middle Eastern domino erupting into civil protest, that revolution closely parallels the efforts of entrepreneurism. The traits, purpose and path of a successful, well conceived revolutionary mirror many of the same qualities found in an entrepreneur. In my book, I.D.E.A. to Exit: An Entrepreneurial Journey, [...]
The #1 & #2 Questions I Get From CEO’s
How do I create a sense of ownership in my employees? How do I create an entrepreneurial environment in my company? These are questions I’m often asked by CEOs of large ‘bureaucratic’ corporations. The term bureaucratic may connotate a negative attribute, where in reality it is a vital necessity of large, mature and established companies. [...]
Author announces mission to create 14 million jobs.
Entrepreneur and author of I.D.E.A. to Exit: An Entrepreneurial Journey Jeff Weber has established a mission to create 14 million new jobs. Every economic recession has seen recovery due to the efforts of entrepreneurs by virtue of new businesses being started and new employees hired. Weber describes his book as an entrepreneurial roadmap and he [...]
Why Entrepreneur Dreamers Fail to Launch
I have studied the various entrepreneurial phases for my book I.D.E.A. to Exit: An Entrepreneurial Journey and found three reasons in particular that stand out as to why an entrepreneurial dreamer fails to take action and pursue his idea. 1. The Opportunity Cost Many boil down their decision to follow an idea and pursue their [...]
Woman’s Day Review of I.D.E.A. to Exit
Check out this review of I.D.E.A. to Exit from Woman’s Day Magazine’s site at http://dailywd.womansday.com/blog/lit-fix/
How to raise an entrepreneur
I just commented on a blog thread at Inc. Magazine titled “Revitalizing the American Dream”. It talked about needing more start-ups and how we should foster that as a nation. Several suggestions focused on college preparation and means to open doors for entrepreneurs. My comment focused on starting much earlier in the process. The latest [...]
What it means to be Extraordinary
I thought I would share an excerpt from my book, I.D.E.A. to Exit: An Entrepreneurial Journey. It is one of the last chapters and it holds a lot of special meanings that are reflective of the entrepreneur. “Entrepreneurs are ordinary people that do extraordinary things.” —Jeff Weber Extraordinary is one of my favorite adjectives. It [...]
What they’re saying…
I wanted to share what people like you are saying about I.D.E.A. to Exit: An Entrepreneurial Journey. I wrote this book for you, sharing the same desire to hear and learn what it takes and how to know about becoming an entrepreneur. How do I take action on an idea – and should I? What [...]
Weekend Projects
It is very difficult to describe the feeling of owning your own business – more so, the feeling of building your own business from scratch. Regardless of the level of sales you reach the feeling of accomplishment in bringing a company from nothing to something, especially one that is bootstrapped, is incredible. One analogy I [...]