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Segment 1: Neil and Barbara explore why successful
entrepreneurs make mistakes. They maintain that "mixing it up" avoids
stagnation and helps forge new and better paths in achieving success. Levi
Strauss went to California during the Gold Rush, but instead of mining
gold, he made a mint selling picks, shovels, and blue jeans to prospectors.
AIRSIS CEO Dean Rosenberg explains how his company developed PortVision®, which
recently won CONNECT’s Most Innovative New Products Award. He reveals how his
past mistakes along with the trials of raising money from "angel" investors
have honed his skills in developing successful ideas
Segment 2: Women are starting businesses in record numbers, yet 70
percent of them have revenues of less than $50,000 per year. Nell Merlino,
founder of Count Me In, a micro-lender aimed at promoting economic
independence and growth of women-owned businesses, says access to capital is
only part of the problem, mentorship and best practices teaching are key to
women entrepreneurs growing their businesses to the next level. The goal of
their new program Make Mine a Million $ Business is to inspire one
million women entrepreneurs to reach annual revenues of $1 million by the year
2010. Neil and Barbara offer a smorgasbord of entrepreneurial thoughts
including recognizing that "Aha!" moment, raising money and breaking the glass
ceiling for women entrepreneurs.
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