Posts tagged entrepreneur
Comfortably Uncomfortable: Randy Kaufman and Dustin Lowman on Growing Through Discomfort

Humans are subject to an insidious push and pull between comfort and discomfort. Like any species with the evolutionary persistence to survive for millions of years, we’ve survived largely by our ability to identify and avoid threats — toothsome predators in days long past, nebulous anxieties of moneylessness and failure today.

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Cato, My Father, and Me: What I (Unknowingly) Learned About Living from the Stoics

My father named our family’s first dog — a medium-sized, regal brown poodle — Cato. During Cato’s long life, many assumed the name “Cato” came from the Green Hornet’s sidekick, similarly named “Kato.” However, my father, never a TV watcher, insisted that he’d named the dog for some long-dead Ancient Roman senator.

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The Entrepreneur Sessions: Erin Ardleigh

Erin came to New York City at 18 years old with only grit and determination to fall back on. Needing to pay for food, housing, school — and fast — Erin learned how to hustle. That hustle would pay off in 2014 when, after a year of traveling the world, Erin started down the entrepreneurial road, one beset by challenges internal and external.

Erin's company, Dynama Insurance, is more successful today than ever. Her story is a must-listen for young entrepreneurs — especially women — hoping to make their mark on the world.

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The Entrepreneur Sessions: Lisa Weldon

Aged out of her career and reeling from her husband’s financial infidelities, Lisa Weldon found herself 58 years old and in need of a new start. While all of us take recovery one step at a time, Lisa took it one step further, walking every neighborhood in New York City, and building an online following around her blogs and photographs.

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To Grit with Grace, Episode 6 — Justin Breen: No Excuses

Justin Breen, founder of BrEpic, was born with a story. He found out he had what it took when his career came to a halt. A Chicago journalist, he was told one day that his salary was being cut in half for no particular reason. Over the course of the next several months, he reached out to 5000 people. The day after he got his fifth client, he resigned, and his company was off to the races.

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