India Community Center in California partnering with TiE to host 2023 business conference

Poster showing keynote speakers at TiE Con 2023 May 3-5. Photo: courtesy ICCThe India Community Center started in February 2003 by successful entrepreneurs in California with the mission to “Unite. Serve. Celebrate” is partnering with the global non-profit, The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) to TiEcon 2023. The TiE Silicon Valley chapter (one of the 61 chapters across 14 countries) is hosting their annual flagship event, TiEcon 2023, in-person at the Santa Clara Convention Center on May 3-5, with 200+ prominent tech speakers, a press release from ICC said. “With 1000’s of attendees, this is your best opportunity to network, learn, and grow in your field,” notes the press release. TiEcon 2023 has the goal of highlighting well-known industry thought leaders in areas such as AI/ML, Cloud/Edge, Cybersecurity, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Web 3 & Metaverse, Climate Tech, Global Connect, Rocketship India, and GenAI tracks, through engaging in stage conversations. Organizers said an added bonus was the opportunity for startup founders to separately apply for value-priced entrepreneurship...

Read More........ → October 10, 2023

Entrepreneurs, beware: Owning your own business can make it harder to get hired later

Researchers found that ex-entrepreneurs are “burning up upon reentry.” Sturti/Getty Images Jacob A. Waddingham, Texas State University and Miles Zachary, Auburn University, If you’ve been thinking about starting your own business lately, you’re not alone. Americans began launching ventures in record numbers during the pandemic, with an above-trend pace continuing through 2023.Unfortunately, many of of these enterprises won’t last long: 30% of new businesses fail within two years, and half don’t last past five, according to the Small Business Administration. While some of these unlucky founders will pursue new ventures, many others will try to rejoin the traditional labor force. You can’t blame them. People often see “going back to work” as a safety net for risk-taking entrepreneurs. As professors of management who study entrepreneurship, we wanted to see if this was true. Screened out So we surveyed more than 700 hiring professionals to determine whether founders really can get new jobs that easily, as well as seven former entrepreneurs who successfully made the transition...

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Donald Trump, “Hillary’s getting all ‘pumped up’ for the Debate, let’s have a drug test.”

By Paul Ebeling: Donald Trump, “Hillary’s getting all ‘pumped up’ for the Debate, let’s have a drug test.” Donald Trump suggested Saturday that Hillary Clinton has not been seen in public lately because she was getting “Pumped Up” for their last debate Wednesday in Las Vegas and said that both candidates should take a drug test before they meet in Las Vegas. “She’s getting pumped up for Wednesday night,” the GOP nominee told a rally in Portsmouth, NH. “I don’t know, maybe, we are like athletes, right?” “Hey, look, I beat 17 Senators, Governors, I beat them all,” he said. “We are like athletes. “Hillary beat Bernie Sanders, but it looks like Bernie got a bad deal, based on WikiLeaks, right? “But we’re like athletes, right?” Donald Trump said. “But with athletes, they make them take a drug test, right? “I think we should take a drug test prior to the debate. I do. Why don’t we do that? “We should take a drug test prior, because I don’t know what’s going on with her.” Donald Trump then commented on Hillary Clinton’s energy levels during last Sunday’s debate at Washington University...

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