Octane: March 2007 
Fueling the Entrepreneurial Engine  

Octane: March 2007 


In this issue:
The March 2007 issue of Octane, the Entrepreneurs' Organization's Magazine, discussing What Powers Your Dream
 

 In This Issue:

Clarity of Purpose
Kevin Langley

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When I re-entered New Orleans in a boat and stood on the roof of my flooded, hurricane-ravaged house, I realized it was a tipping point in my life.
A Dream Transformed
Hazel Jackson

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In order to live the dream, I needed to start it, but I still didn’t know what I was going to do. Here's how I followed my dream.
My African Dream
Rich Levy

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It’s a hot summer day in 1985. My brothers and I are loitering our new BMXs around the upscale neighborhood of suburban Johannesburg in apartheid’s South Africa.
The Power of Passion
Adam Glickman

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We entrepreneurs are a passionate bunch. We are passionate about the companies we build and the families we love. We tend to approach most of the important stuff in life with unbridled vim and vigor.
Building on a Dream, Stage by Stage
Craig Goldblatt, Reg Athwal and Rich Russakoff

Added On: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:37:30 GMT

There is a dynamic built within all of us that says that we have to be industrious. It is not the goals that we set that drive us, but the reasons we want to achieve the goals that drive us!
Feed the Biz
James Stevens

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I don’t know about you, but I have been a living, breathing, human sacrifice. I worked six or seven days a week for 16 years.
Dreaming the Future
David Ryan

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At age 31, I sold my nine-year-old insurance business to live my dream. To live the dream, one has to dare to dream.
All I Need to Know about Business, I Learned from Russian History
Chris Coutinho

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I have no training as an entrepreneur. (Can we really train for that?) My story, or "training," is a bit of a comedy, as are most twists and turns in my life.
Living the Nightmare
Damon Gersh

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The world changed on September 11th. Though these acts of violence can happen anywhere, as a New Yorker who watched the events of that day unfold, I remember it as a surreal nightmare.
Global Perspectives On The Entrepreneurial Dream
Orrin Klopper, Anand Pakkurti, Tom Ball, Edgar Boone, Todd Mendenhall

Added On: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:29:32 GMT

Entrepreneurship here is becoming much better respected. It used to be a bit dodgy, but it seems increasingly popular. There are a lot of entrepreneur TV shows now, and a lot more entrepreneurs becoming household names and role models.
My Son Says, "Don't Be Gross: Be Net"
Andrew Fuld

Added On: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:19:14 GMT

Everyone must find the balance that works at the particular phase in their business development. Here is how I learned to find balance.
 




 
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