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Being an entrepreneur involves a significant amount of perseverance and effort. Business ownership requires creativity, a growth mindset, and a commitment to continue offering the most advantageous solutions to your clients or customers. Thriving in business involves more than just running a company; it's a way of life.Achieving success in business also requires motivation, commitment, and a solid support system that will encourage and support you in working hard toward your goals. Most successful entrepreneurs can point to someone who inspired them to follow their dream or passion. In this episode, we are joined by Ethleen Sawyerr, founder of Speak Write Play. She has been teaching editing, reading, speaking, and writing skills to individuals and groups from all over the world for more than 10 years.We discuss what inspired her to choose entrepreneurship, the importance of identifying your target market from the very beginning, and why you shouldn't be afraid to raise your rates. Ethleen also shares some of the biggest lessons she learned throughout her journey, as well as the things you should avoid when growing your business.Entrepreneurs create their businesses in order to earn a living, but being able to help others and give something meaningful back to the community is what will really propel your business forward.Listen to Episode 604 to learn more!Other Resources Mentioned:Creating a World Without Poverty by Muhammad Yunus Speak Write Play WebsiteThriving Points:It's important that you really do have your target client or customer in mind because then that really takes out a lot of wasted energy from trying to sell to everybody. -Ethleen SawyerrI had to really remind myself like, Yes, I enjoy doing this. I love teaching. I love helping people progress in life. But it's a business. -Ethleen SawyerrMy desire will always be to work with people who find themselves in countries that are not their homes. -Ethleen SawyerrEntrepreneurship is sexy. It sounds great, but a lot of people don't understand how much hard work goes into it. -Nikki RogersAbout the Show: Women Thriving in Business features candid unscripted conversations with entrepreneurs, business experts, authors, and academics aimed at contributing to business success. This weekly show provides interviews with business leaders who have built, grown, and are thriving in business. Nikki A. Rogers, host of the show, also discusses achievements, lessons learned, and advice for aspiring business owners to develop the mindset, strategies, and connections necessary to thrive in business. Whether you are just starting or you have been in business for decades, WTiB offers inspiration, strategies, and resources to help you THRIVE in business.Connect with Nikki:LinkedInInstagramYoutube
What is your ‘why', peers? For today's guest, her ‘why' has been her whole life. Growing up in a rural Kenyan village, Nelly Cheboi dreamt of a better life for herself and her community. After witnessing the dehumanising effects of poverty, Nelly worked hard to earn a full scholarship to America. Now, she is the Founder of non-profit organisation, Techlit Africa but according to Nelly, her greatest accomplishment is helping children to live a better life. In this episode of Peers2Peers, powered by Shopify, Nelly shares how her mother passed down her entrepreneurial spirit, the grief of realising your dreams have shifted, and how she's working on sustainable solutions to poverty. Discover more:Start your Shopify 14-day free trial: https://bit.ly/3fuq58C -Check out Techlit Africa's website: https://techlitafrica.org/-Follow Techlit Africa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techlitafrica/-Connect with Nelly on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelly-cheboi/-Follow The Peers Project on Instagram: http://bit.ly/3adVmYG - See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In the last two decades, free markets have swept the globe. But traditional capitalism has been unable to solve problems like inequality and poverty. In Muhammad Yunus' groundbreaking sequel to Banker to the Poor, he outlines the concept of social business -- business where the creative vision of the entrepreneur is applied to today's most serious problems: feeding the poor, housing the homeless, healing the sick, and protecting the planet. Creating a World Without Poverty reveals the next phase in a hopeful economic and social revolution that is already underway.
Karl Weber / Karl Weber Literary President Karl Weber is a writer and editor who specializes in topics from business, politics, current affairs, history, and social issues. Weber has co-authored two books with Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, Creating a World Without Poverty and its sequel, Building […] The post Karl Weber with Karl Weber Literary appeared first on Business RadioX ®.
Dr. Muhammad Yunus speaks about his latest book, "Creating a World Without Poverty"; at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. DR. YUNUS is a native of Bangladesh, and was educated at Dhaka University where he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study economics at Vanderbilt University. In 1972 he became head of the economics department at Chittagong University. He is the founder and managing director of Grameen Bank, a pioneer of microcredit, an economic movement that has helped lift millions of families around the world out of poverty. Yunus and Grameen Bank are winners of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
Dr. Muhammad Yunus speaks about his latest book, "Creating a World Without Poverty" at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. DR. YUNUS is a native of Bangladesh, and was educated at Dhaka University where he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study economics at Vanderbilt University. In 1972 he became head of the economics department at Chittagong University. He is the founder and managing director of Grameen Bank, a pioneer of microcredit, an economic movement that has helped lift millions of families around the world out of poverty. Yunus and Grameen Bank are winners of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
Dr. Muhammad Yunus speaks about his latest book, "Creating a World Without Poverty" at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. DR. YUNUS is a native of Bangladesh, and was educated at Dhaka University where he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study economics at Vanderbilt University. In 1972 he became head of the economics department at Chittagong University. He is the founder and managing director of Grameen Bank, a pioneer of microcredit, an economic movement that has helped lift millions of families around the world out of poverty. Yunus and Grameen Bank are winners of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
Dr. Muhammad Yunus speaks about his latest book, "Creating a World Without Poverty"at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. DR. YUNUS is a native of Bangladesh, and was educated at Dhaka University where he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study economics at Vanderbilt University. In 1972 he became head of the economics department at Chittagong University. He is the founder and managing director of Grameen Bank, a pioneer of microcredit, an economic movement that has helped lift millions of families around the world out of poverty. Yunus and Grameen Bank are winners of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
Dr. Muhammad Yunus speaks about his latest book, "Creating a World Without Poverty" at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. DR. YUNUS is a native of Bangladesh, and was educated at Dhaka University where he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study economics at Vanderbilt University. In 1972 he became head of the economics department at Chittagong University. He is the founder and managing director of Grameen Bank, a pioneer of microcredit, an economic movement that has helped lift millions of families around the world out of poverty. Yunus and Grameen Bank are winners of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
Dr. Muhammad Yunus speaks about his latest book, "Creating a World Without Poverty" at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. DR. YUNUS is a native of Bangladesh, and was educated at Dhaka University where he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study economics at Vanderbilt University. In 1972 he became head of the economics department at Chittagong University. He is the founder and managing director of Grameen Bank, a pioneer of microcredit, an economic movement that has helped lift millions of families around the world out of poverty. Yunus and Grameen Bank are winners of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
1500 people packed the hall on Feb. 4 when the Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus spoke at the Lisner Auditorium on the campus of the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He inspired everyone with his impressive thoughts on the importance of microfinance and ideas from his book, “Creating a World Without Poverty” (Appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List). Watch the whole event in the coming series of episodes.
Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *A King on a Colt? Zechariah's Peace Poetry* for Sunday, 6 July 2008; book review: *Creating a World Without Poverty; Social Business and the Future of Capitalism* by Muhammad Yunus (2007); film review: *King Corn* (2007); poem review: *Death Be Not Proud* by John Donne.
What if you could harness the power of the free market to solve the problems of poverty, hunger, and inequality? To some, it sounds impossible. But the Nobel Peace Prizewinner who invented micro-credit is doing exactly that. Yunus's "Next Big Idea" offers a pioneering model for nothing less than a new, more humane form of capitalism.