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Disruptive innovation is a common theme across many, if not all, industry sectors nowadays. As in many other cases, the culinary world has also witnessed its rules being rewritten, with many chefs from around the world building their own enterprises to conquer the dining sector. Here’s Michelin-starred chef @_jasonatherton, founder and owner, The Social Company on how he has gone about turning a passion for food into a profitable business: "One of the biggest compliments people pay to our business, and to me as a chef, is that there are only a few chefs who can convert their passion for food into a business, because normally, the two don’t go hand in hand. Chefs go by their heads, so when, let’s say, you cook white truffles and cheese, and the guests go crazy and it’s amazing, you end up adding more truffles, but then you look at the balance, and you realize you didn’t charge them enough. The biggest thing I can advise is never ever sacrifice the restaurant’s profitability for your own ego, because you can be the greatest chef in the world but end up losing your business, family, and homes– all because you want to chase greatness. You shouldn’t force greatness. If you put out your talent, for sure you’ll shine anyway which means you shouldn’t push so hard and put the business at the back end. I’ve seen so many chefs do that in pursuit of being one of the top chefs on the planet." _ Full story in bio (via @entmagazineme) Written by: @tashapupic Image credit: @_jasonatherton , @marinasocialdubai via Instagram http://ift.tt/2CYmApi

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When you don’t get enough rest, it affects everything from your mood to your health. And since sleep is so important, @vickifulop, co-founder of bedding startup @brooklinen, wants to help make her customers more comfortable and refreshed without having to break the bank to get high quality sheets and bed linens. In 2014, Fulop and her husband Rich launched the company on Kickstarter, after getting the idea following a vacation where they stayed in a hotel that had incredibly soft sheets -- but if they wanted to get a set themselves, they would have to pay $800. The Fulops wanted to make beautiful and chemical-free home goods while being transparent about exactly where and how they were getting from the factory right to the customer’s front door -- taking industry standards like wholesaling, storefronts and licensing fees out of the equation. Their fans on Kickstarter agreed. While the pair initially asked for $50,000 on the crowdfunding site, they ended up far exceeding their goal thanks to $237,000 worth of preorders. Investors were also excited about the idea. In March 2017, the company raised raised $10 million in funding. via Instagram http://ift.tt/2ErusM5

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When companies say they don’t have the resources for diversity recruiting, it hurts our ears,” says Porter Braswell, who spent years at Goldman Sachs, where he was regularly asked to help with diversity outreach. Nevertheless, diversity-light companies say it frequently, often invoking what is known as “the pipeline problem” -- a claim that diverse talent is a scarce resource and largely elusive. So Braswell and fellow Goldman alum Ryan Williams created @jopwell, a platform that connects black, Latino and Native American job seekers with career opportunities. “We want to say, ‘Jopwell is the pipeline, so you can’t say there’s a problem,’” says Braswell. The platform is free for minority students and professionals on the job hunt and open to all. Users create intensely detailed profiles about experience and interests. They can explore companies as easily as companies can search for candidates. But what sets Jopwell apart is its scale. By creating a massive, industry-agnostic pool of both candidates and companies -- including Netflix, Spotify, Airbnb, Microsoft, BlackRock, The New York Times and Goldman Sachs -- there’s a greater opportunity for valuable discovery. The percentage of Jopwell applicants who receive an offer from partner companies is up to 20 times greater than the hiring yield from typical recruiting efforts. And 86 percent of those candidates accept. “Diversity is about the bottom line, and companies know that,” Williams says. “Companies in the top quartile of workforce diversity are 30 percent more likely to outperform their non-diverse counterparts. So it’s not about knocking on doors and saying, ‘Do you know diversity can help you perform better?’ It’s about starting from a mutual understanding, and helping them get serious about their efforts.” _ From the June 2017 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine Written by Stephanie Schomer Photo by @pieterhenket via Instagram http://ift.tt/2CVx4FS

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Like every marketer, @garyvee originally thought he needed somebody’s product to sell. A marketer without a brand to manage seemed like a bricklayer with no bricks to lay. But the digital revolution changed that. It may be an old observation now, but what Wine Library TV taught Vaynerchuk back then was still a revelation: People could be brands. He could be a brand. And by treating himself like one, he could fashion himself into a walking, talking R&D lab, testing his more forward-thinking marketing theories on himself, without having to gain some client’s permission first. Then, if his personal brand took off, he could package those theories and strategies and sell them to clients, in effect helping them be more like Gary Vaynerchuk. “I never actually set out wanting to be a personal brand, leveraging that to sell my own stuff,” he says. “Instead it’s how I learned my craft, by being the plumber and the electrician and the general contractor. I got to test my beliefs.” One of those beliefs became this: Provide value over and over again -- educate, entertain, enlighten -- and then present your “ask” to the audience. Subscribe to my channel. Buy some wine. Read my book. (He’d go on to spell this out in his 2013 book Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook. The jabs are the value; the right hooks are the asks.) So he handed control of the wine shop back to his father and began preparing for his biggest ask yet: If you like my social media insights so much, hire me to execute them on your behalf. In 2009, Vaynerchuk and his brother AJ launched @vaynermedia. _ From the June 2017 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine Written by Eric Adams Photo by @pieterhenket via Instagram http://ift.tt/2CT364p

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It makes perfect sense that a crowdfunding platform’s company culture would be collaborative. At @kickstarter’s Brooklyn headquarters -- a former pencil factory with tons of natural sunlight -- 125 employees take turns hosting seminars, screenings and book clubs. Cubicles are shunned in favor of couches, and the CEO sits out in the open like everyone else. When quiet time is needed, staff can retreat to the solarium or the library, shown here. _ From the June 2017 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine. Written by Kristin Hunt Photos by @adam_friedberg via Instagram http://ift.tt/2CJvkOU

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$2.99 on @amazonkindle thru January 31 (U.S. only): The Tax and Legal Playbook by @markohler (Mark J. Kohler) - click the link in our bio to buy now, or keep reading for more info... Are you ready to go the distance without dropping the ball? In The Tax and Legal Playbook, CPA and Attorney Mark J. Kohler delivers clear-cut truths, thought-provoking advice, and underutilized solutions that will save you time, money, and heartache. Start using these game-changing strategies to make the best decisions for your business, your family, and yourself. http://amzn.to/2EH8XrJ via Instagram http://ift.tt/2DRxoBe

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Q: What advice do you have for other people who want to build brands on Instagram? A: I always say you be you. Because when you can follow so many people and see what the people are doing it's great inspiration in many ways but it's also really hard to figure out, even more so, what you have to offer and what is different about you. Follow other people that you love and who inspire you. But also remember to find your own version of whatever it is that you have to offer to the world. Whatever your voice is, whatever your aesthetic is because it's so easy to look at someone else's and then imitate that. We don't want to see so many more versions of the same thing that's already out there. Figure out your voice. Tap the link in our bio to get Joy Cho (@ohjoy) insights on how to create a voice that is truly yours. via Instagram http://ift.tt/2CEIome

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"I started thinking about joy. Everything in our society is so purposeful. Let's bring joy back to the experience." — Sara Blakely via Instagram http://ift.tt/2Cs9r6G

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We have this crazy idea at Entrepreneur: We want to identify 360 small businesses each year that are mastering the art and science of growing a business. To do this, we invited companies to apply and evaluated them based on four metrics: impact, innovation, growth, and leadership. The result is our Entrepreneur 360 list. Visit the link in our bio to see who made the list. #E360 via Instagram http://ift.tt/2ljtQAV

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"To create a new standard, you have to be up for that challenge and really enjoy it." via Instagram http://ift.tt/2EdVqHA

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