Lectures tagged "entrepreneur"

Social Business Enterprise and a World Without Poverty
Muhammad Yunus
October 13, 2007
01:06:39
Microfinancing pioneer and Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus shares the story of a bank that defies convention by lending small sums of money to the very poor. Microfinancing, he says, lifts the impoverished out of poverty by helping them become small-scale entrepreneurs.
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Arthur Blank: Self-Made Man of Trade
Arthur Blank
February 15, 2007
00:36:29
Arthur Blank, owner of Atlanta Falcons NFL Team speaks at the Atlanta Press Club. Blank is also Chairman, President and CEO of AMB Group, LLC, and Chairman of The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, a name synonymous with philanthropy and personal involvement in many great causes.
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Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Paul Watanabe
November 8, 2006
01:09:37
Political scientist Paul Watanabe and his colleagues, Michael Liu and Ramon Borges-Mendez, examine the successes of immigrant entrepreneurs and the roles that entrepreneurs play in their neighborhoods.
Boston IDEAS 2005: Tod Murphy
Tod Murphy
October 7, 2005
00:19:59
Tod Murphy, organic farmer and businessman who is building the Farmer's Diner in Barre, VT, discusses his plans to make it a national model for economically viable and environmentally sound restaurants that support local family farms.
Stefane Barbeau and Duane Smith: Vessel
Stefane Barbeau
October 6, 2005
00:17:17
Stefane Barbeau and Duane Smith, product designers who founded Vessel, an innovative design and distribution company, discuss combining quality, unique design and simple solutions to reinvent everyday products. This lecture is part of the 2005 Boston IDEAS conference.
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Startup Garden: Growing a Business to Fit Your Life
Tom Ehrenfeld
February 6, 2002
01:15:54
Tom Ehrenfeld explores starting a business that matches your dreams, hopes, and values with your skills and experience to bring lifelong fulfillment.