When a Man’s Responsibility Has Gone, What Is There Left for Him?

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Men keep going out of a sense of duty. What happens when that’s no longer enough?

The American Phoenix

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America’s strength is its ability to reinvent itself.

A Dad. Two Young Sons. And the Story of the Book They Wrote and Published Together

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The creative journey of Henry Herz and his sons.

Are Fathers As Free to Leave Their Careers As Moms?

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Are men more vulnerable to burn out and career dissatisfaction without a biological imperative to slow down and reassess?

Your Network is More Valuable Than any Bank Account

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How to Perfect Power Networking

The River of Life

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Why does it always feel like jumping off a cliff, every time I step back into the current of my life?

Seven Things Every New Entrepreneur Must Know

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A lifelong entrepreneur dishes on the things they’re not telling you in business school.

Freedom, Business and Change

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If conservatives want to run America like a business, they should never turn a potential customer away.

Small Businesses Devastated by Sandy

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What do you do when the business you’ve put blood, sweat and tears into is destroyed by a storm? GMP’s Jackie Summers and others in Red Hook are asking themselves that question right now.

Work at the Expense of Family? Never Again!

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Even though the lines sometimes blur between home and work while working as an entrepreneur, I wouldn’t change it for the world.

Engaging the Gender Gap

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Eric Sentell urges good men to teach themselves and their sons to engage with learning and with others before the gender gap becomes a chasm.

Adventuring Forth

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As you set forth into the world, how do you know you’re on the right path? Venture for America fellow Ovik Banerjee on service and entrepreneurship.

Men, Money, and Kids

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Tom Matlack is a venture capitalist and a father. Guess where he has come closest to losing what’s truly important.

Mark Zuckerberg Has Got Nothing on the Entrepreneurs in the “Founders Club”

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Austin Gunther talks about a group of entrepreneurs who told their stories and got vulnerable in a public forum. Kind of like Hemingway and Fitzgerald in Paris in the 1920’s.

Redefining Success

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Success comes not from talent or inspiration, but from relationships and good community.

Possibility vs. Probability

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Jackie Summers talks about entrepreneur’s own special blend of risk tolerance that creates the unpredictable, terrifying and euphoric environment of a start-up.