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As environmental protection becomes a bigger concern, more businesses are looking for ways to turn waste into a resource, or make expired products useful in different forms. Recycling anchored the environmental-awareness movement in the 1960s and 1970s, and companies have over time climbed on board, repurposing materials as a way to showcase environmentally friendly practices.  For example, […]

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The life of an entrepreneur — or at least the idea behind that life — can seem enticing to just about everyone.  You launch a new enterprise that makes millions — and maybe even changes the way people lead their lives. But why do some people follow through on such visions with great fanfare and

Young leaders typically go too far or not far enough. They are born to take chances, but when the time comes, many retreat to what they have been told by elders or those with more experience. There is something to be said for brash youth, its penchant for breaking the rules and coming at problems

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Why do so many meetings with prospects fizzle out and go nowhere? Is it just the way it is, so we should just accept it? Or, is it possible that our “this is what went wrong” explanations are merely excuses for failing to turn prospects into customers? As sure as Friday is pizza night, salespeople

Attracting and retaining top talent for the manufacturing industry is more challenging than ever. Employment is up, the U.S. unemployment rate is near historic lows, and Baby Boomers are reaching retirement age and exiting the workforce.  The global supply of high-skill workers is not keeping up with demand, and, according to the McKinsey Global Institute,

I recently] spoke at the City of Ithaca’s Planning Board meeting, at its second of two public hearings (so far), in support of Cornell’s North Campus residential expansion project. Because speakers were limited to 90 seconds (due to the high number of speakers anticipated), I had to submit most of my comments to the board in writing. 

So much these days is written about entrepreneurship, but perhaps too little is written about the entrepreneur. What is an entrepreneur exactly? In fact the word itself has seen dramatically increasing popularity in recent years, probably due in large part to colleges adopting entrepreneurship programs of study. But how do we define entrepreneur in dictionary