Category Archives: Entrepreneurship

My trip to NY

By Hugo Monteiro | Published: December 11, 2011

In the beginning of November I made a trip to the city that never sleeps, New York. I decided to share  my thoughts about the differences between my country and this big city. In NY, there is a culture of “image selling”. They always try to negotiate something, for instance, I found an homeless guy who negotiated with me, [...]

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Keeping the motivation HIGH!

By Hugo Monteiro | Published: August 19, 2011

Our life and work, specially the second, are very focused in goals and deadlines. Many of us had terrible experiences putting together these two words: goals and deadlines. Many companies think that if you have goals and deadlines, and money at the end, without motivation effort inside work environment, you are going to achieve your [...]

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I have a networking-based company! A WHAT?

By Hugo Monteiro | Published: June 15, 2011

Yes, a networking-based company. The well-known method to offer services using the knowledge of our friends. Seems strange, but we hear often that we don’t have the expertise to do something, or we don’t know how to make a pie. You don’t need to know any of that. You just need to know a good [...]

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Schools kill creativity

By Hugo Monteiro | Published: May 29, 2010

Ken Robinson talks about how the educational system is killing student creativity.

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Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy

By Hugo Monteiro | Published: February 14, 2010

Read transcrip at http://sivers.org/ff . Great Lesson!

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Entrepreneur, remember what you thought when you were a kid?

By Hugo Monteiro | Published: September 7, 2009
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80/20 rule for entrepreneurs

By Hugo Monteiro | Published: September 5, 2009

What is the 80/20 rule and why is it so important to entrepreneurs? Wikipedia says: “The principle was suggested by management thinker Joseph M. Juran. It was named after the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who observed that 80% of income in Italy was received by 20% of the Italian population. The assumption is that most [...]

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