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Risk-Takers who can Persist " The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that's changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks ." Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder / CEO Entrepreneurship without risk-taking is like Investing without money. An entrepreneur must have a fearless, never-say-die attitude in the face of all adversities. If you don't have the balls to take everything that is thrown at you and persist, you can't be an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs don't take blind risks though; they're calculative, and stack up the odds in their favor. Visionaries who can Sell " Entrepreneurs are like visionaries. One of the ways they run forward is by viewing the thing they're doing as something that's going to be the whole world ." Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn founder Entrepreneurship begins with a vision to change the status quo, change what's not working, even change the world.  " If you...

Mark Zuckerberg, founder & CEO of Facebook is on a dual mission: A. He wants everyone on Earth to have affordable access to the Internet through Internet.org B. He wants over half the population on Earth to connect and share using Facebook and Facebook companies "Our goal with Internet.org is to make affordable access to basic Internet services available to every person in the world." - Mark Zuckerberg Internet.org is doing well... and has already helped over 3 million new people access the internet within a short time, primarily in Philippines and Paraguay. However, Zuckerberg has grander plans for Internet.org: " The Connectivity Lab at Facebook is developing ways to make affordable internet access possible in communities around the world. The team is exploring a variety of technologies, including high-altitude long-endurance planes, satellites and lasers." The Lab includes some of the world’s top experts from Ascenta, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA’s...

My Best Wishes to all Entrepreneurs, Dreamers and Change Makers for a Happy, Healthy and Helluva New Year. Let's Rock the Boat and Make our Dreams Come Alive in 2014. Rock On 2014...  Don't Stop Dreaming, Don't Stop Working, Don't Stop Making, Don't Stop Believing, Don't Stop Now!! Happy New Year! Get Inspired by these Quotes from Innovators & Change Makers “ Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. ” ― Steve Jobs " The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that's changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks ." ― Mark Zucke...

Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In , Sheryl Sandberg examines why women’s progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, commonsense solutions that can empower women to achieve their full potential. Sandberg is the chief operating officer of Facebook and is ranked on Fortune ’s list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and as one of Time ’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. In 2010, she gave an electrifying TEDTalk in which she described how women unintentionally hold themselves back in their careers. Her talk, which became a phenomenon and has been viewed more than two million times, encouraged women to “sit at the table,” seek challenges, take risks, and ...