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		<title>My Elevator Ride with Steve Jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2011/10/08/my-elevator-ride-with-steve-jobs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 13:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few days I have watched hours of  tributes, read countless articles and witnessed my Twitter stream overflowing with emotions on the passing of Steve Jobs.   On the night we learned his fate, 9 out of every 10 tweets I received were in reference to him.  It&#8217;s amazing how many lives he has [...]
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		<title>An Entrepreneur’s Story: When to Quit Your JOB</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2008/08/19/an-entrepreneur%e2%80%99s-story-when-to-quit-your-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is my response to comment from a friend – who asked the question It would prove an interesting story on your thought process over the years to finally waking up one day and deciding to quit. Obviously that’s overly dramatic as no one should quit a job without an idea or better yet [...]
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		<title>Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2007/06/03/can-entrepreneurship-be-taught/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>miked</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received an MBA from Babson College world renown for its entrepreneurship program.  The program is always ranked #1 in US News for its excellence in entrepreneurship.  However, entrepreneurship isn&#8217;t a science or an art for that matter.  So, can it be taught?  I just stumbled upon an interesting CNN Money article that tackles this very [...]
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		<title>From Eminem to Enterprise</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2007/04/21/from-eminem-to-enterprise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>miked</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What were you doing when you were 15 years old?  Jasmine was discussing her million dollar business on Oprah.  Source: Financial Times Two years ago, nearly all Jasmine Lawrence’s hair fell out after a chemical perm went horribly wrong. Today, partly because of that accident, she is at the helm of a haircare products group [...]
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		<title>Are You Really Ready to Be Your Own Boss?</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2007/03/02/are-you-really-ready-to-be-your-own-boss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>miked</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Smart Money . com Ask yourself these six questions to find out if you are ready? My answers in purple. Are You Starting a Business by Choice, or Necessity?  Necessity, I wouldn&#8217;t be happy doing anything else. Do You Like Risk?  No, I love it! Do You Have the Patience of Job?  Job took [...]
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		<title>Quotations from Famous Entrepreneurs on Entrepreneurship</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2007/03/01/quotations-from-famous-entrepreneurs-on-entrepreneurship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get up and make your own opportunity!!! Source: About . com  &#8220;The cover-your-butt mentality of the workplace will get you only so far. The follow-your-gut mentality of the entrepreneur has the potential to take you anywhere you want to go or run you right out of business&#8211;but it&#8217;s a whole lot more fun, don&#8217;t you [...]
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		<title>Forest Whitaker Reminded Me of a Key to Success:  A Burning Desire</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2007/02/26/forest-witaker-reminded-me-of-the-key-to-success-a-burning-desire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know many people who “talk the talk” and a few that “walk the walk,” but what is it that the separates these two groups of people.  I have been thinking about this a lot lately.  When I left my job almost a year ago to pursue my dreams as an entrepreneur, trader, financial freedom [...]
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		<title>Top 10 Ways You Know You’re An Entrepreneur</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>miked</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a great list that I stumbled upon.  I agree with most of them.  Source : Startup Spark You’re passionate. Passion counts for a whole lot when it comes to being an entrepreneur. Without it, you’re dead before you even start. You’re always looking for opportunities. Entrepreneurs are opportunity-seekers.  Everything is an opportunity. Failures [...]
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		<title>Women Entrepreneurs and Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>miked</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article is was written for women, however its conclusion applies to all.  &#8220;When we stop looking at ambition and risk as an enemy of life balance and see it instead as a way to achieve it, then perhaps we’ll be ready to start thinking big.&#8221;   Kristi Hedges Entrepreneur . com A thought-provoking Harvard [...]
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		<title>A Business Without Sales is a Hobby</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
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