You Don't Need a Great Idea to Start a Business. What You Need Is a Broken Industry.

Americans reserve a special portion of animus in their hearts for two industries: cable providers and ticketing agencies. Identifying just how broken the ticketing industry was Jack Groetzinger's bid idea. While he didn't have a perfect business model pre-fabricated in his mind, he knew that he could navigate the murky waters of an industry that had gotten complacent and stopped innovating. He hung on long enough to co-found SeatGeek and the rest, as they say, is history. Jack Groetzinger is a co-founder of SeatGeek, Inc., the online ticketing agency, and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. He leads the forecasting team and takes care of SeatGeek’s finances, fundraising, and other such 'trivialities.' Long active in entrepreneurship and particularly interested in aggregating and manipulating the web's 'data exhaust,' Groetzinger's former projects include Scribnia and Evolving Vox. He was previously a consultant at Bain & Company and is a graduate of Dartmouth College.

Nilofer Merchant: Got a meeting? Take a walk

Nilofer Merchant suggests a small idea that just might have a big impact on your life and health: Next time you have a one-on-one meeting, make it into a "walking meeting" — and let ideas flow while you walk and talk. Nilofer Merchant has been helping to grow businesses -- from Fortune 500s to web startups -- for 20 years. She’s worked for major companies (like Apple and Autodesk) and early web startups (remember Golive?). Logitech, Symantec, HP, Yahoo, VMWare, and many others have turned to her guidance to develop new product strategies, enter new markets, defend against competitors and optimize revenue. Today she serves on boards for both public and private companies, and writes books about collaboration, like The New How: Creating Business Solutions Through Collaborative Strategy, and openness -- check out her recent ebook 11 Rules for Creating Value in the #SocialEra, chosen by Fast Company as one of the Best Business Books of 2012. She also writes for HBR, including the personal and brave essay about a previous attempt on the TED stage: "What I Learned from My TED Talk."

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Take actions on your dreams 

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EXPORTING: A PERSONAL TALE

In 2009 Rotec Industries in Chicago, Illinois struggled to keep its doors open. Rather than close down, they expanded into New Markets abroad. This is their story.

3 Dangerous Myths about Innovators and Creators

There are three specific myths that surround our most beloved creators, and if you model yourself on those myths, you're setting yourself up for failure. The myths are (1) the lone wolf inventor; (2) the eureka moment; (3) the myth of the expert. From new theories of physics and revolutionary patents to Toy Story and the iPhone, creators depend on their ability marshal the talent of large teams of people. Yet despite the readily available evidence that we tend to romanticize innovation, myths persist because we love telling stories in narrative form.

MALCOLM GLADWELL´S TOP 10 RULES FOR SUCCESS

1. Have the courage to pursue your idea

2. Try a new approach 

3. Believe in meaningful work 

4. Constantly revise your conclusions 

5. Distinguish yourself from others

6. Practice

7. Explore

8. Be Patient

9. Understand the Rules of Business

10. Outwork others

Want to Be Creative AND Successful? Understand the Nature of Creativity — And Success.

Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and radio and TV personality. He is best-known for writing, along with the economist Steven D. Levitt,Freakonomics (2005) and SuperFreakonomics (2009), which have sold more than 5 million copies in 35 languages. Their latest books are When to Rob a Bank...and Think Like a Freak (2014).

You have to fail a lot when you innovate. And failure in a public setting can really hurt your self-esteem and your self-confidence. So you need to create an environment where people really can be empowered to fail.