http://thinkblink.ca/blog/?p=492 Ideas that fuel brands Thu, 24 Sep 2015 20:05:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 http://thinkblink.ca/blog/?p=492&cpage=1#comment-7625 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:06:32 +0000 http://thinkblink.ca/blog/?p=492#comment-7625 Does Arlene Dickinson have any advice to those ‘forced into’ entrepreneurship? I ask because the belief is that one is, in a sense, born an entrepreneur and that there needs to be ‘fire in the belly’ to drive and propel a venture forward. Given the numerous obstacles, many start ups cease to exist within 5 years of inception: such is the nature of our market economy but now global dynamics are such that many people find themselves mid career with a decision (after being downsized and laid off): do I go it alone as ME.INC or do I continue to look for gainful employment in an increasingly competitive environment.

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