Pablo Escobar – A True Entrepreneur

Recently I have watched the Netflix series Narcos on the life of the famous drug lord Pablo Escobar. As I watched it, it struck me that he was actually an amazing business man who built a staggeringly successful empire. Admittedly the empire was built on a foundation of illegal drug trafficking, violence and corruption, it was however an amazing achievement.

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4 Principals of Effective Time Management

In a 1954 speech to the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches, former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was quoting Dr J. Roscoe Miller, president of Northwestern University, said: “I have two kinds of problems: the urgent and the important.”

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5 Don Draper Quotes That Will Help Your Marketing

Don Draper, the legendary and fictional ad man from the wildly successful American TV series Mad Men, is famous for his reckless lifestyle as well as his brilliance as a Madison Avenue advertising executive.

Throughout the 7 seasons, Draper was responsible for some of the best quotes of the series.  It demonstrated Drapers deep understanding of his craft.

I have listed below my favourite 5 Don Draper quotes from all 7 seasons, I have also spent some time thinking about how these quotes relate to business in the modern context.

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Why Entrepreneurs Absolutely Never ask for Help?

If you are a regular reader of my blog, you will know that I have a very deep passion for the art of entrepreneurialism. I say art deliberately; entrepreneurs are often very creative people who can see opportunities that others don’t see, they have to make up the game as they go along and they are deeply passionate about their business.

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