Portable Business

What makes an entrepreneur?

September 15, 2011
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What makes an entrepreneur?

A great series of articles from Mark Suster from his Both Sides of the Table blog describing the makeup and attributes of entrepreneurs. 1. Tenacity – the most important attribute of an entrepreneur is never being willing to give up. 2. Street Smarts – getting out and understanding customers is far more important than book smarts or computer research. 3. Ability to Pivot – it’s not good enough to be tenacious and smart.  You also need to be sure you have a great product/market fit and that it is a big enough market to make money.  The best entrepreneurs...

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Portable Careers and Working from Anywhere

October 9, 2010
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Portable Careers and Working from Anywhere

Whether it’s by choice or circumstance, more people are working in non-traditional work situations requiring that they be able to work from anywhere. I’ve had a great deal of interest in this subject since becoming a Trailing Spouse in 2001 and living and working in 5 countries over the last 9 years.  It’s one thing to be a mobile worker and travel for days or weeks at a time, this requires discipline, skills and the use of various technologies, but to simultaneously pick up your whole life along with your work environment and move it to another country every...

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