The document discusses various topics related to entrepreneurship starting with C words like creativity, courage, customers, etc. It emphasizes the importance of passion, perseverance, problem solving, risk assessment and embracing change. It highlights the struggles entrepreneurs face with less earnings and cash flow issues but stresses the need to find support from networks. The document also talks about topics like ethics, social entrepreneurship and using technology to connect and crowd source ideas.

1. The C WordsNat Duncan Qld Film Locations Pty LtdUpload Youth Entrepreneur CampsYour start-up, your enterprise, your new business needs to check out the C Section!

2. Go to the C SectionCustardLeonard CohenJohnny CashColdplayCold ChiselCut CopyCold War KidsCat EmpireThe CarpentersThe CarsCatalystCherJJ CaleGlen CampbellThe CardigansNick CaveKasey ChambersCornershopNat King Cole

3. Calculated RisksRisk AssessmentImpulsivenessEntrepreneurs and successful business people are not gamblers and will never take just any risk (for risks sake)Break the rules , seek forgiveness laterMake Excellent Mistakes

4. Coal to DiamondsPeople coming from hard work to starting their own venture are more likely to experience success when they meet the almost intolerably hard work of start-ups.Less EarningsIts easy to see the achievements of entrepreneurs but its important to recognise and discuss the struggles they inevitably have experienced and will experience.Thru great suffering comes great achievement

5. Be prepared for a minimum amount of time of hardshipContinuationPerseverancePersistenceDeterminationDoggednessResilienceDriveDisciplineEnergyBe Your Best

6. CreativityInnovation Left BrainBrain plasticityProblem Solving – the 5th solutionSpirituality in Business to tap into creativityCreativity in business offers the customer Value

7. Cash FlowCash is KingKeep on top of itSurround yourself with talented $peopleEducate yourself $$Follow up bad debtsWhat are you worth?Business Karma

8. CapitalNo matter what successful entrepreneurs may report – behind every successful start-up there’s been some form of financial support or support that can be equated in financial terms

9. CrazyEntrepreneurs are crazy, weirdoes, mavericks, rebellious, square pegs in round holesFind other weirdoes and hang outEmbrace your crazy sideDon’t conform

10. The CustomerFind out who your customer isFind out what they want, not what you believe they want (or worse) what you’d wantShare personal stories to build rapport and trustBe a Listener not a Talker

11. ChangeEmbrace ChangeAnticipate and Prepare for ChangeBe a change junkieNew neural pathwaysFrom great suffering comes great achievement (growth)Recognize that change fosters strength building, resilience, new learning, a toughness, a new directionBusiness Plans – there is no plan! But there is a Strategy.

12. CourageFear – Risk taking – resilience – determination – hard work – call to action – courage vs creativity?You need a strong will to do your own thing. You need to be wilful but you have to retain your humanity too.

13. ConductEthicacyEthical Business PracticeBusiness KarmaHonesty (even in the Advertising Industry!)Ethics and how they vary according to the Industry

14. Cut CopyEntrepreneurs are those that want to make a change to make things better – they are not actually the guys that come up with the original ideas (a lot of the time)Be a listener, a sponge, a critical observer. I’m not an original thinker – I’m an original listener. ie Take other people’s ideas and innovate on them to make them a reality

15. (Action precedes) ClarityProcrastination is an illness, a symptom, a blockage to successJump in – “bite off more than you can chew, and then chew it”Just Do It. Some people Talk the Talk, others Walk the Walk. “The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers, but most of all the world needs dreamers who do.” Sarah Ban Breathnack.Simplicity – Clarity - KISSChange the WorldMake Money – Have Fun – Change the World - EdgewareEthicacy, Role Model, Social Justice@max_edwards @edwardharran #socialentrepreneurship #maven #futurist #geek http://edwardharran.com/Making Meaning vs Ego “Put meaning into your life and you naturally change yourself”Empower your Networks, your Community, your NationChange Your World – interconnectedness and collective consciousness are emerging thanks to Internet.Change the World – means Changing Yourself! (Be the change you want to see in the World – Ghandi)Challenge beliefs, normality, Status Quowww.kiva.org

16. Cottage Industrieswww.etsy.comThe history of Industry began with Cottage Industries which were overtaken by Big Business.But now the Internet has allowed Cottage Industries to prosper and thrive. Craft revivalChange of power balance back to individuals, reinvigorated creativity and individualism. Less exploitation

17. Страсть(Russian for “Passion”)To Make Good Coffee – You must Love Good CoffeeWhat are your real motivations for beginning this business?Passion/Obsession can be a force which helps us realise our greatest aspirations, a passion for achieving an internal good.

18. Critical FriendsMentorsThe Acid BathNetworking (not “networking” ick!)Online Social NetworkingKeeping each other AccountableSharing the hardships

19. ConnectTwitterFacebookWeb 2.0 and Web 3.0 Networking and Crowd Sourcing

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