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• Book Review: Bounce

  A few months ago, I had the opportunity to meet longtime entrepreneur and author Barry Moltz in our shared hometown of Chicago. Barry has founded and run small businesses for more than 15 years, and he’s a nationally recognized expert on entrepreneurship Read More... Posted Friday, February 06, 2009 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Entrepreneurship, Handy Resources, Personal Development, Troubleshooting

• Bridging the Gap Between Employers and Interns

  Everyone knows that today’s twenty-something employees are ambitious, motivated, and dedicated to changing the business world for the better. However, it is hard for young employees to understand the importance of marketing themselves, getting to know Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Best Practices, Employment Trends, Entrepreneurship

• Well-Oiled Career Transitions in a Down Economy

  A few months ago, I met Chandlee Bryan, a dynamic career expert who’s now blogging over at Career Hub . Chandlee’s new post on career change echoes many of the questions we advice types have been getting since the economy first started nose-diving. How Read More... Posted Monday, September 22, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Career Change, Cool Careers, Creativity & Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Life Balance, Productivity

• Would You Work With Your Spouse?

  I’ve encountered a lot of couples where one person has left his or her job to support the career of the other. Typically, one spouse is an accomplished entrepreneur, so the other pitches in to help grow the business – often in a subordinate role. I’m Read More... Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Entrepreneurship, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Development, Daily Life, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Career Lessons from Bill Gates

  So Bill Gates is preparing to retire as CEO of Microsoft . Gates and his childhood friend Paul Allen founded Microsoft on April 4, 1975, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to make and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, an early computer that was sold Read More... Posted Friday, June 27, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Creativity & Innovation, Current Affairs, Entrepreneurship, Management, Ownership & Initiative, Technology

• Go Home with Some of the World’s Most Successful Entrepreneurs

  Have you ever wondered how super-successful business owners with millions of customers get started? Surprisingly, many don’t spend years toiling in Fortune 500 brand powerhouses, some had no money or no connections going in, and some weren’t even trained Read More... Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Cool Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business, Work

• Ladies Who Launch Abound

  As many of you know, I am writing a new book on drastic career change to be published by Random House/Ballantine Books in 2009. I've been scouting out potential interviewees for a few months now, and I've noticed a very interesting phenomenon. There is Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Employment Trends, Entrepreneurship, Life Balance

• 4 Tips for Scoring Your Dream Gig

  It’s finally here. My new book, How’d You Score That Gig?: A Guide to the Coolest Careers and How to Get Them , has just been released! The book starts with a quiz that tells you your job personality – be it an adventurer, creator, data-head, entrepreneur, Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Cool Careers, Discovering Your Passion, Entrepreneurship, Ownership & Initiative, Work

• Starting a Business? 4 Mistakes People Make

  Over at Employee Evolution , Natalie discusses common mistakes people make when starting a business. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration , over 50 percent of small businesses fail in their first year and 95 percent fail within the first Read More... Posted Monday, April 07, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Creativity & Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Project Management, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Starting Your Own Gig: Entrepreneurism "at Work"

  Leaving the business world to start one’s own gig is a hot topic these days. I read blog posts about it every day, and my friend Pam Slim just sold a new book about it. Over lunch a few weeks ago, I asked my good friend Keith Alperin if he’d be willing Read More... Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Cool Careers, Discovering Your Passion, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• There is No “And” in “Brand”

  Back when I was in college, I met Andy Sernovitz while working at an internship at the Association of Interactive Media in Washington DC. Since then, I’ve been tracking his movements, most recently as President of the Word of Mouth Marketing Association Read More... Posted Monday, November 12, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Business, Personal Marketing

• Your Easy is Another Person’s Hard – and Vice Versa

  This week on Adventures in Capitalism , Chris Yeh talks about how he recently worked with a team of entrepreneurs who had done a phenomenal job of building a product that their customers loved, but couldn’t figure how to sell it to big companies for the Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Management, Personal Development, Productivity, Work

• Continued: Interview with Andy Ajello, Environmental Entrepreneur

  Today, I’m continuing my interview with Andy Ajello, the 27-year-old founder of Advanced E-Waste Solutions , which helps businesses legally dispose of electronics in an environmentally-safe manner. Alex: What challenges have you faced in your experience Read More... Posted Monday, July 09, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Cool Careers, Entrepreneurship

• Interview with Andy Ajello: Environmental Entrepreneur

  Twenty-seven year-old Andy Ajello is a young business owner with a unique niche. A Southern California native who drew upon his family’s entrepreneurial spirit to overcome a difficult childhood, Andy founded Advanced E-Waste Solutions in order to reduce Read More... Posted Monday, July 02, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Cool Careers, Entrepreneurship

• Without This Business Skill, You're Dead

  My colleague Steve Rubel participated in a teleconference for PR professionals hosted by the Public Relations Society of America . During the session, the moderator, Peter Himler , asked him what three essential sites or tools that professionals should Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Creativity & Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Business, Work