Word: entrepreneurs
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...fact that we’re students, but in other ways we’re not as tied down by adult responsibilities,” says Shankar G. Ramaswamy ’11. “And I think that’s an advantage to being a student entrepreneur.” While undergraduates certainly have their fair share of academic and extracurricular responsibilities, the student lifestyle removes many of the responsibilities of adult, post-college life, such as earning a basic living or providing for a family. The security of a college environment allows students to explore their...
...Ramaswamy does admit, however, that exceptions do exist. “I could see the other side of it,” he says. “If an entrepreneur felt that really, their thing was the next thing, the next Facebook or the next Microsoft, then I could see the justification for dropping out there also.” Kosslyn says that students should consider how Harvard can fit into their lifelong objectives. “It’s not like Harvard is something worth avoiding, but I mean it depends on why you come to Harvard...
...focus on the moment, when an idea and an entrepreneur intersect in their life cycles. Then, the entrepreneur steps out of the mold. No one will support them, but Ashoka will. By year five, our fellows, who we select as the most influential entrepreneurs in a country, half of them change social policy in their country. We make a very small investment, but with this, you create a huge social impact...
...Kansas City. The home cost him about $100,000. It needed renovation, which Zachery planned to do himself, one room at a time. As home values rose, he used his equity to buy the heavy machinery required for his business. He was pursuing the ideal of the self-made entrepreneur, but his ambition left him dangerously exposed when the housing market soured, because he owed nearly twice the original purchase price...
...successful entrepreneur who owned the NBA's Utah Jazz, Larry Miller, 64, was a larger-than-life figure in the Beehive State. After a long battle, he died of complications from diabetes...