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Fulfilling more than one function
April 4, 2013In modern societies characterized by a division of labor, more and more functions are separated from others. This means that to eat, we go to a restaurant. There are youth clubs for young people and senior clubs for the seniors.
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Start-ups with wings
April 4, 2013Sometimes it’s necessary to make a radical break with familiar ideas. The dream of flying is probably as old as mankind itself. Until about 1890 all attempts to fly were based on observing birds in flight and devising constructions that
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Turning work into fun and entertainment
April 4, 2013You remember the tale of Tom Sawyer, the hero of Mark Twain’s 1876 novel. One day Tom is forced to paint the fence around Aunt Polly’s house – and of all days, on a beautiful Saturday when all his friends
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Hernando de Soto on Entrepreneurship and the Arab Spring
April 4, 2013Hernando de Soto talks about the needed framework for a successful entrepreneurship and a culture of entrepreneurship. The basis for it is documentation and legal rights on property. In many developing countries must entrepreneurs are illegal in one way or
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TEDxThapaeGate – Guenter Faltin – We need to nurture disruptive ideas for entrepreneurial solutions
April 4, 2013Günter Faltin is a Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Free University of Berlin and a visiting Professor at Chiang Mai University. His talk focused on the power of entrepreneurship: “We need to nurture disruptive ideas for entrepreneurial solutions to our
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