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Thinking Big (Is Scary As Hell)

Although daunting, serial entrepreneur, coach, and venture capitalist, Pascal Finette, challenges the typical startup to go to scale—arguing that it's the only way how you can build truly great companies and change the world.

Pascal FinetteSeptember 15, 2014

Career Failure Leadership Mentorship Team

Want to Grow Your Leadership Skills? Beg for Feedback

The head of Singularity University’s Startup Lab on why you should thank the person who gave you feedback first because they just gave you a huge gift—they told you something which you can use to become better at what you're doing and become a better person in general.

Pascal FinetteSeptember 10, 2014

Education Failure Institute Institute 2014 Metrics & Evaluation Scaling Team

Eight Key Lessons from the 2014 Unreasonable Institute

The fifth Unreasonable Institute has come and gone. We have since synthesized what we learned and are already sharpening our offerings for our next few programs. Here's a look at what we learned and what we need to improve.

Teju RavilochanJuly 23, 2014

2013 Voyage @Sea Career Energy Failure Full Interview Interview

Interviewing a Time Magazine Hero & Serial Entrepreneur

Hunter Lovins is a Time Magazine Hero & an Unreasonable Mentor. Watch this behind-the-scenes interview with CEO Daniel Epstein and Hunter.

Unreasonable MediaJuly 20, 2014

Career Failure Guest Post Management Scaling Team

Four Ways To Launch (Affordable) Learning Culture

Training is important, obviously, but at the typical startup, the day-to-day challenge of keeping the doors open trumps longer-term investments. But just like in so many other areas, resource constraints can be an opportunity to spark new ways to train teams and support their learning.

Jessica LaxJuly 14, 2014

Branding Career Debunking Failure Pitching

Language Matters—Don’t Become a Cliché

Social entrepreneurs as guilty as any group of lawyers or engineers in using jargon and shorthand to identify and evaluate each other’s places in the tribe. What is "social innovation" anyway? What’s "impact investing"? Take any of those expressions out of context and it’s clear how unclear they are. They’ve become as clichéd as “thought leader.”

Cheryl HellerJuly 10, 2014

Career Failure Fundraising Investment Pitching Team

It’s Hard To Tell Someone They Suck

It’s hard to say “you suck” or “your team sucks” as a reason for passing.…

Brad FeldJuly 8, 2014

Balance Career Failure Productivity

Work Like a Dog—And Plan to Fail

Fifty percent of people who start an exercise program drop out by six weeks. Yet six weeks is just about the time we start seeing positive results of new behaviors. Stick with it, and those behaviors become part of who you are. So how do you get over that hump? Plan to fail.

Ann GarvinJune 30, 2014

Career Failure

Pascal’s Wager: Bet On Yourself

You have this one lifetime of potential happiness, and you'd be a fool to bet on anything less than going for it! Are you willing to wager on your happiness?

Pascal FinetteJune 25, 2014

2013 Voyage @Sea Career Failure Full Interview Interview

Interview with Antarctic Expedition Leader, Inventor, & Author of 27 Books

Watch Ed Sobey share his life story and his drive for adventure and impact. From treasure diving, to near death experiences, to philosophy on the future of education and what it takes to remain on the edge of what's possible...

Unreasonable MediaJune 21, 2014

Career Failure Mentorship

What’s the Worst that Can Happen?

Fear of failure is why some of the best companies are never built, why some of the most important discoveries are never made and why people spend forty years in jobs they hate. So, ask yourself: what's the worst that can happen?

Pascal FinetteJune 19, 2014

Career Failure Wellness

Fake It ’til You Make It

Success takes time, fortitude and a certain measure of self-esteem. If you're in short supply of any of these things, sometimes it's worth "faking it to make it."

Ann GarvinJune 11, 2014

Career Failure

The Discipline of Staring Death (& Failure) in the Face

It’s a good discipline to look failure in the face, to study it, to spend time living in that place of losing. So you can make different choices. But also so that when it comes, you can get through it.

L. Hunter LovinsMay 15, 2014

Branding Career Failure Management Scaling Team

A Warped Perspective on Failure—Why We Need to Rebrand the Word Entirely

Fear of failure has prevented people from falling in love, becoming artists, telling friends the truth, and chasing dreams without apology. If we are going to continue to shy away from failure, it's time we redefined it.

Daniel EpsteinApril 18, 2014

Career Failure Management Scaling Team

Forget About Scale For A Minute

As social entrepreneurs, we’re hardwired to stay focused on achieving impact at scale. But that’s a destination we may not achieve for years, if at all, and in the meantime, our happiness may depend on forgetting about scale, even if only for a few moments each day.

Rajesh AnandanMarch 24, 2014

Career Failure Interview Technology

Recovering From Failure & Managing The Ego: An Interview with Kamran Elahian

Watch Kamran Elahian, high-tech serial entrepreneur, share his tales of failure, speak of the importance of entrepreneurship, and discuss leadership within a business.

Unreasonable MediaMarch 14, 2014

Career Failure Full Interview Interview

That “Oh Sh&*!” Moment and How To Get Through It

Watch this video as Manoj Sinha, founder of one of the successful energy startups in emerging markets, gives advice to anyone wondering what to do during those "Oh Sh&*!" moments.

Unreasonable MediaMarch 7, 2014

Career Failure Fundraising Investment Technology

Capital Injection May Not Be Your Silver Bullet

There is no silver bullet to assure the success of your start-up. Least of all, pining for that $10k - $50k angel or VC investment. Read this post about getting scrappy and working for it.

Pascal FinetteFebruary 25, 2014

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