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MAKE THE MOST OUT OF IT WHEN YOU ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY

Do what must be done when it must be done, and you'll always be keeping up. Do more than what must be done, before it must be done, and then you'll always be moving ahead.

A little extra effort today can give you a lot of extra advantage tomorrow. Add to that a little more extra effort tomorrow, and the day after that, and soon you'll be way out in front.

The hours and minutes of this day will quickly pass by. While each one is here, you might as well get the very most out of it.

Sure, it can be a little dreary and tedious when you're working to do what must be done. So add some excitement, enthusiasm and passion to your efforts by challenging yourself to do even more.

Go beyond the minimum requirements and find new ways to create maximum value. Instead of just getting by, spend your time and efforts getting great.

Don't be content to merely deal with whatever life hands you. Instead, enthusiastically embrace what comes your way, make the effort and make the commitment to make the very best of it all.

4 Practices to Keep Sales Innovation on Track

Federal proposals for cuts to research and development funding mean that companies may have to look inward for solutions.

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Why This Mega-Successful Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Started a Tech Incubator In Ghana

Silicon Valley based Jorn Lyseggen is the founder and CEO of the Meltwater Group which he bootstrapped to $200 million in annual revenue. In 2008 he started the MEST tech startup incubator in Accra, Ghana. Jorn has also founded three other successful startups, including one IPO. He is South Korean by birth but grew up in Norway, then moved to San Francisco in 2005. He shares his story with Capital & Growth below.

Why did you decide to start a tech incubator in Ghana? You’re South Korean by birth, but grew up in Norway. What is the MEST founding story?

The idea for MEST came out of my own disappointment with formal schooling. I was always bored and felt that schools and universities killed creativity and individual thinking.

Wrap up at the Kumasi Entrepreneurs meetup 14th July 2016 @ HapaSpace

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LinkedIn Influencer, Dharmesh Shah, published this post originally on LinkedIn.

Money of course isn't everything. Not by a long shot. Where your definition of success is concerned, money may rank far down the list. Everyone’s definition of “success” is different. Here's mine:

"Success is making those that believed in you look brilliant."

How I successfully launched Bookicious on ProductHunt

And what I learned in the process.

Recently Bookicious.com got featured on ProductHunt and it was a great success, and in this post I am going to describe my experience and what I learned as #1 on ProductHunt.

For you to completely understand the story, I am going to explain a bit of context about what is Bookicious and how I created it.

Note: Sorry if there are spelling mistakes, I am from Mexico City and English is not my main language, also if you speak Spanish, you can also read the spanish version of this article in my blog.

Nobody is average, every student deserves personalized learning

In Square Peg, Todd Rose tells the story of how a high school dropout became a Harvard professor in educational neuroscience. Diagnosed with ADHD in middle school, Rose was always in trouble.

Ask A VC — Lu Zhang, The Chinese Girl Who Founded A VC Fund at 25

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Lu Zhang is 26 years old. Her current title is the Founder and Managing Partner of NewGen Venture Partners, a cross-border venture capital fund investing in the U.S. and China. When she was a master’s student at Stanford University, she became the founder, CEO and technology owner of Acetone. Inc, a

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30 Free & Beautiful Resume Templates To Download

You probably have seen the professional-looking, eye-catching resumes that talented web designers have been designing and showcasing online. If you haven’t, it’s not too late to check out this collection of creative resumes.

Making an impressively designed resume from scratch may be a bit of a challenge, especially if you don’t do design for a living. But if you want to give your resume a visually stimulating edge, grab any of these resume templates below.

10 Ways To Turn Your Smartphones Into Credit Card Readers

• Michael Poh 

This article is part of our "Mobile Payment Systems series" - where we take a look at how mobile technology is gearing towards a cashless society. Click here to see more articles in the same series

The credit card is one of the easiest payment tools that could be thought up. It makes for easy transactions of large amounts, and minimizes your losses as you need not carry so much cash on you all the time. However, it can work only if the merchant accepts credit cards (and not all merchants accept all kinds of credit cards). Plus, you can only swipe your card if the merchant has a credit card machine.

So what happens when you order home delivery, or get some plumbing or renovation work done and you can’t find enough cash on you to pay them? You can’t expect them to carry a credit card machine around, do you? Well, actually now you can. As long as they have a smartphone on them, they can use the following options to accept your payment via credit card.

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Advice From the 20th Century's Greatest Business Thinker

For 10 years, Peter Drucker was a mentor and friend. Here's what I learned from him.

The Cost of Being an Entrepreneur and the Key Attribute That Determines Success: Grit

While most people think that successful entrepreneurs must be willing to grind it out, both Brian Levenson and Angela Lee Duckworth's studies have shown that grit (not grind) is what makes the difference.

How Jessica Alba Built A $1 Billion Company, And $200 Million Fortune, Selling Parents Peace Of Mind

This story appears in the June 15, 2015 issue of Forbes.