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Don’t Call Them Students, They’re Entrepreneurs - Entrepreneurship and the Death of College

Don’t Call Them Students, They’re Entrepreneurs - Entrepreneurship and the Death of College | Eudaimonia | Scoop.it
Many years ago, when a new dean at my university referred to the faculty as “content providers,” my colleagues and I rolled our eyes. It was the latest hokey label for an old profession.

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The Death of College
Great article about the death of college, as I knew it. Some things need to change. My liberal arts college needs to understand how to email market if they want my money, but let's not throw out baby with bathwater. 

The death of free time and an understandable desire to make money in an uncertain world doesn't mean we stop teaching the strange, crazy stuff called sociology, history and art. Life is about MORE than making money and that crazy stuff can help you make money.

The problem with the Mark Zuckerbergs of the world is these lottery winners make winning as an entrepreneur look so easy. It is NOT (trust me I've started 4 companies and have yet to get anywhere near that kind of success). I have a good education; an education that helps me put things in perspective.

For example I know that in a bell curve most of us are stuck at the top. There are outliers on either end. Mega-hit entrepreneurs are on the far right while many muddle through the middle. 

I will retire next year to write my memoirs (lol). Thankfully I have that option and I have options because my crazy liberal arts college who can't email market their way out of a wet paper bag taught me how to THINK and WRITE thought not necessarily in that order :). 

My suggestion to today's college students is prepare to become a linchpin, a person of substance who can make a difference. The best route to such a job is to think asynchronously as early and as much as possible. Don't run with the herd fly with the eagles (sorry couldn't resist some goofystupid entrepreneurship cliché).   

I also left a comment on Bloomberg.  

 

Martin (Marty) Smith's curator insight, January 9, 7:27 AM

The Death of College
Great article about the death of college, as I knew it. Some things need to change. My liberal arts college needs to understand how to email market if they want my money, but let's not throw out baby with bathwater. 

The death of free time and an understandable desire to make money in an uncertain world doesn't mean we stop teaching the strange, crazy stuff called sociology, history and art. Life is about MORE than making money and that crazy stuff can help you make money.

The problem with the Mark Zuckerbergs of the world is these lottery winners make winning as an entrepreneur look so easy. It is NOT (trust me I've started 4 companies and have yet to get anywhere near that kind of success). I have a good education; an education that helps me put things in perspective.

For example I know that in a bell curve most of us are stuck at the top. There are outliers on either end. Mega-hit entrepreneurs are on the far right while many muddle through the middle. 

I will retire next year to write my memoirs (lol). Thankfully I have that option and I have options because my crazy liberal arts college who can't email market their way out of a wet paper bag taught me how to THINK and WRITE thought not necessarily in that order :). 

My suggestion to today's college students is prepare to become a linchpin, a person of substance who can make a difference. The best route to such a job is to think asynchronously as early and as much as possible. Don't run with the herd fly with the eagles (sorry couldn't resist some goofystupid entrepreneurship cliché).   

I also left a comment on Bloomberg.  

 

Martin (Marty) Smith's comment, January 9, 2:26 PM
Interesting thread on comments in the original article. See ES71 comment on my comment and then my comment to him/her (confusing but less so if you are looking at this article).
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50 livros clássicos em português para download grátis

50 livros clássicos em português para download grátis | Eudaimonia | Scoop.it
Livros clássicos da literatura brasileira e portuguesa estão disponíveis para download gratuito. Entre os autores disponíveis estão Machado de Assis, José de Alencar, Saramago, Fernando Pessoa e Camões, entre outros

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MusicNotesLib.com - Download notes, music sheet and guitar tabs

Free guitar tabs search. Free sheet music search and download.

 

MusicNotesLib is a website providing access to sheet music to many popular songs.


The sheet music is provided as PDF documents.


However the site also offers TXT and GIF files for tabs and digital files for various music software; these additional files include MIDI, SIB, and GPx Guitar Pro files.


To get the desired sheet music...
- search for the song, album, or artist you are looking for.
- browse the “Trends” section on the site’s homepage and see which artists are popular on the site according to the day or month.

 

Recently added artists can also be checked out.


MusicNotesLib is an excellent resource for sheet music for popular songs and tabs of various instruments used play a users favourite songs.


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