Category : Entrepreneurship

The Opportunity of No Opportunity

Posted by Deborah at 7:00 pm

“We’re letting you go.”

There is perhaps not a more depressing and frightening phrase.  Losing a job also means the loss of stability – financial and emotional.  Where will the money come from?  What will come of my career?  Doubts on your ability to succeed emerge.  Maybe you’re not good enough at what you do.  Maybe you were never good enough.  Self doubts eat away at you, zapping your ability to move on.

What will the future hold?

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The Real Measure of Start-Up Success

Posted by Deborah at 4:43 pm

I started teaching an entrepreneurship class at the University of Oregon a few weeks ago, and I have to say, it’s been a real treat for me.  I’ve always wanted to teach at the collegiate level, and I couldn’t ask for a better group of students.  I have a class full of fantastic start-up ideas ranging from athletic consulting to mobile apps, and the students are eager to learn.  My “lectures” usually end up more as discussions, and there’s really never a dull moment.

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Trying Something New

Posted by Deborah at 7:14 pm

Related to last week’s post on taking time to learn, it’s important to get out of your comfort zone and do new things once in a while.  My “new thing” for the next few months will be teaching an entrepreneurship class at the University of Oregon.  The ups and downs so far:

Ups

• Meeting lots of excited, passionate people who are eager to learn and have the drive to turn their energy into real ventures
• Discussing all sorts of interesting entrepreneurial topics (the teacher can also be the student here)
• Brushing up on my public speaking skills (it’s been a while since I had my daughter last July)
• Getting out of the house more often rather than working from a computer (also related to having a daughter)

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Take Time to Learn

Posted by Deborah at 8:03 pm

In your busy worklife, you probably feel like you’re barely keeping up.  There’s always another job to do, another project that needs to be researched and completed.  With all that running around, who has time for continuous learning?

The answer: You do.

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6 Lessons from My Infant Daughter

Posted by Deborah at 6:19 pm

New human life is amazing.  If you’ve been blessed to watch a newborn grow from a barely functioning lump to a fully walking/talking little person, you know what I mean.  Things we take for granted – blinking, digesting food, grabbing an object – are things that my baby girl has mastered over her first year of life.

She’s obviously learned a lot, but watching her, I’ve learned a thing or two myself.

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