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The Value of Cheerleaders for Entrepreneurs
What’s the one tool that every entrepreneur, from Elon Musk to Muhammad Yunis to the 10- year-old girl next door selling lemonade, utilizes on a near-constant basis?
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Taking Our Family Startup to the Dragons’ Den
I believe that an MBA will provide access to valuable resources and a support ecosystem that will fuel my success as an entrepreneur.
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My Entrepreneurial Hustle
In those interactions, I made the decision to engage in entrepreneurship—the ultimate hustle.
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Startups, Venture Capital, and Entrepreneurship—Helping Build a Wide Variety of Business Skills
Within Fuqua’s Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital Club, we are focused on so much more than just that stereotypical tech entrepreneur (though we have some of those, too).
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Experimenting in Entrepreneurship at Fuqua
I decided to use my two years in business school to learn more about what it's like to work with smaller companies—especially startups—and try my hand as a founder, experimenting in entrepreneurship. Fuqua has turned out to be the perfect place to do this.
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The Highs and Lows of Entrepreneurship During Business School
When I came into my first year at Fuqua, second year of my dual-degree overall, I had decided it was time to embrace something different. Fresh off an internship at WeWork, I had entrepreneurial inspiration and an idea for applying techniques I learned during my internship to a new context.
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Gaining Entrepreneurial Experience at Fuqua
Coming into Fuqua, I had many ideas about how to spend my two years. One of them was to pursue entrepreneurship, and business school has helped me tremendously in that regard
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My Entrepreneurial Journey During Business School
If you have an entrepreneurial itch, business school is a great time to scratch it
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