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Michael Phelps incredible story

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With 3 gold medals this week, Michael Phelps is now equaling the 2,168 year old record set by Leonidas of Rhodes (in 152 BC) for the most individual Olympic gold[...]

What are you doing with your spare time?

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What are you doing with your spare time? A year ago, 30-year-old Eric Martin decided to spend his evenings after his 9-to-5 job to help startup founders he had never[...]

The startup paradox: To create something that scales, you...

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The startup paradox: To create something that scales, you need to start by doing things that don’t scale. Well known Venture Capitalist & Y Combinator co-founder, Paul Graham, wrote a[...]

Yolande Mabika inspiring story about finding her family w...

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QUESTION: If you lost your family and were desperate to find them, what would you do? ANSWER: Qualify for the Olympics in the off-chance that they would be one of[...]

How tough is your journey?

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How tough is your journey? A year ago, 17 year old Yusra Mardini was stuck in a broken down dinghy with 20 other Syrian refugees between Turkey and Greece. Facing[...]

How do you keep up with the cutting edge of entrepreneurs...

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How do you keep up with the cutting edge of entrepreneurship? While Facebook gives many great posts to share, Twitter gives the train of consciousness of many of the World’s[...]

Chen Dongshen’s 24 year journey to success

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What do you do when you can’t afford the original? You could take a tip from Art-lover, Chen Dongshen who – 24 years after copying Auction House, Sotheby’s – has[...]

How a near-death experience became worth $2 billion

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How a near-death experience became worth $2 billion: What would you do if you survived a major plane crash in a 747? William Wang closed down his business, reassessed his[...]

What is your mission?

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What is your mission? All the most successful and fastest growing companies are not centred around a product, but a mission. Because missions create movements. Here are 16 billion dollar[...]

Can one viral video lead you to a billion dollars?

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Can one viral video lead you to a billion dollars? That’s what has happened to startup entrepreneur, Michael Dubin, who just sold his company, dollarshaveclub.com, to Unilever today for $1[...]