The American Yacht Institute's Yacht Services provides a five-day "Yacht Crew Training Course" for stewards, stewardesses, deckhands, and cooks for the privately owned super yachts. With the help of yacht employment agencies, the school assists students in seeking placement.
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Go Daddy founder Bob Parsons has started 3 successful businesses, and his blog is very good at explaining the process starting a business.
Harvard is launching and directing the Advanced Leadership Initiative, a year-long pilot "third stage" educational program aimed at transforming experienced leaders into social entrepreneurs and philanthropists.
By simply using a more clean and modern vehicle, a food cart business will attract customers. When on tyhe run, which of these would you rather buy a smoothie or snack from?
Interesting article about angel investors...
As demand rises in the $4 billion-a-year outplacement business, providers increasingly offer standardized services, which some workers say offer little value. Businesses anxious to shed former employees quickly and cheaply impose time limits that hamper effectiveness. Few employers track whether outplacement works. There is an opportunity to better serve laid
Defying the Downturn, Charter School Construction Grows in New York
Five premier universities representing four continents worked together to create OneMBA, the truly global executive MBA. You will learn from the faculty and students from all five partner schools.
Asia: Faculty of Business Administration at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Europe: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM)
North America: Tecnológico de Monterrey Graduate School of Business Administration and Leadership (EGADE)
North America: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School (UNC)
South America: Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP)
In March 2008, Goldman Sachs announced a significant new initiative that has two goals: increasing the number of underserved women receiving a business and management education and improving the quality and capacity of business and management education around the world. Expanding the entrepreneurial talent and managerial pool in developing and emerging economies – especially among women – is one of the most important means to reducing inequality and ensuring more shared economic growth.The initiative has six components:
10,000 Women Over Five Years Will Receive a Business and Management Education: Goldman Sachs is supporting partnerships with universities and development organizations that will lead to 10,000 Women receiving a business and management education over five years.
Innovation America (IA), isa national 501c3 not for profit, private/public partnership focused on accelerating the growth of the entrepreneurial innovation economy in America.
The Economist is holding two innovation competitions to find the most exciting, game-changing innovations that will have a marked impact in two key areas: new media and energy. Twelve finalists will be invited to present their innovations at Economist Events to an audience of top executives in the field, and will receive complimentary conference registrations (value at up to $2495). The winning presenter will receive exclusive bragging rights and a free subscription to The Economist in the format of his or her choosing. The deadline for entries is September 8, 2009 in YouTube video format.
The Association of Small Foundations (ASF) is a membership organization of over 3,000 foundations. Through our dedication to foundations, we have become the country's largest foundation-support organization.
At ASF small related to staff size, not to assets. The United States is home to over 60,000 small foundations - those led entirely by volunteer boards or operated by just a few staff. These small foundations account for half of the country's total foundation grant dollars, and provide essential financial support in communities across the country.
Vision
ASF enhances the power of small foundation giving by providing the donors, trustees, and staff of member foundations with peer learning opportunities, targeted tools and resources, and a collective voice in and beyond the philanthropic community.
Partner with your church, mosque or synagogue, and create your own foundation.
