Entrepreneurship

Coffee entrepreneur Phyllis Johnson — video interview transcript

Interview conducted at Rockford University by Stephen Hicks and sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. Part I Hicks: I’m Stephen Hicks. My guest today is Phyllis Johnson, who spoke in the Business and Economics Ethics class today on the theme of Coffee, Entrepreneurship, and Women in Africa. Ms. Johnson is the founder and […]

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Qué nos pueden enseñar los emprendimientos acerca de la vida [Spanish translation]

Por Stephen R.C. Hicks [This is a Spanish translation of my article “What Entrepreneurship Can Teach Us About Life,” originally published in English by The Wall Street Journal.] Tomar riesgos y experimentar son cosas que todos podemos hacer, y no sólo en nuestras carreras. A menudo pensamos en los emprendedores como personas más extraordinarias que el resto. Toman grandes

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Engineering Ethics talk in Chile — report

Here’s a report (in Spanish) on my lecture at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Santiago, Chile, to a group of engineering students and faculty. Thank you to Professor Ruth Murrugarra for inviting me. I also did a short follow-up interview (in English) with Andrea Millar Bruna, posted here: AMB: Which are the essential skills for success

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Lecture tour in Chile, August 2016

Over the next two weeks, I’m giving five talks in Santiago and one in Puerto Montt, Chile August 16, Faculty of Economics, University of Chile. “Ethics for Entrepreneurial Business Leaders.” (Drawing on my article “What Business Ethics Can Learn from Entrepreneurship.”) August 17: Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez: “Why Entrepreneurial Engineers Have Been This Generation’s Unacknowledged Ethical Leaders.” August 17:

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Entrepreneurship in Latin America — 7 Kaizen interviews

Here are seven interviews I’ve done for Kaizen with Latin American entrepreneurs, covering the business areas of construction, agriculture, logistics, education, aluminum, and oil and gas. * Entrepreneurship in Latin America: Guillermo Yeatts. * Entrepreneurship and Montessori Education: Berni Jensen. * Entrepreneurship and Infrastructure in Brazil: Interview with Brasília Guaíba president André Loiferman. * Entrepreneurial

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Entrepreneurship and Values — seven short lectures

CEE’s Entrepreneurship and Values series includes seven 15-20-minute lectures on foundational issues in entrepreneurship. 1. What Is Entrepreneurship? 2. Unleash Your Inner Company 3. Management and Entrepreneurship 4. What Makes Entrepreneurs Tick? 5. Entrepreneurship and Virtue Ethics 6. Entrepreneurship and Liberty 7. Entrepreneurship and Public Policy The lecturers are all entrepreneurs or university professors —

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My article published in The Wall Street Journal

My article “What Entrepreneurs Can Teach Us All About Life” has been published by The Wall Street Journal. Here is a snippet: “We often think of entrepreneurs as larger-than-life characters. They take big risks. They make their own rules. They innovate and experiment, questioning things everybody else takes for granted. “It can almost seem like entrepreneurs

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