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This Is How Sports Helped an Individual To Become a Better Entrepreneur

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  Being your own boss is what many people aspire to but the amount of hard work, resources and time required isn’t what they envision. Entrepreneurship is a path rife with many challenges and uncertainties. It is estimated that nine out of ten startups fail: a whopping 90 per cent. Handout Philip Villa So why do some entrepreneurs succeed while others fail? There are many possible reasons such as lack of research, inadequate financing, and being over-rigid. There is no shortcut but the ones who succeed do so by showing up and putting in the work regardless of rain or shine, figuratively speaking. In order to do so, an entrepreneur needs to have both the physical as well as mental fortitude for this path. Philip Villa, an Italian serial entrepreneur believes that sports is the key to unlocking these two important traits for success. Villa is the founder of Yokkao, a leading combat sports company that covers a vast range of services including event management, gear & equipment manufa

Travis Scott Vows to Help Families of Dead Victims as Astroworld Catastrophe as Lawsuits Loom

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  Popular rapper Travis Scott has vowed to help the families of the victims who lost their lives at a recent festival he headlined in his home state of Texas over the weekend. Erika Goldring | Getty Images In the aftermath of the tragic deaths that took place at Astroworld, Scott has already been hit with two lawsuits. PauseUnmute Fullscreen VDO.AI According to the Daily Mail, Scott released a statement a day after eight people died while attending the first night of his Astroworld festival which was in its third year. Several hundred people were also reported injured from a stampede as Scott was performing on stage. Reuters reported that a criminal investigation has been opened by the Houston Police Department as Police Chief Troy Finner confirmed that there were reports of a concertgoer at the venue “injecting other people with drugs.” Finner said that there was one report, from a medical professional who treated a security officer “who felt a prick in his neck” as he tried to restra

Start a Side Hustle with Help From Entrepreneur's Kim Perell

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  If it seems like everybody has a   side hustle   today, it's because a lot of people do.   One-third of Americans   have a side hustle and the number is growing every day. Side hustles can be a great way to earn extra money, especially if you're an entrepreneur trying to get your company off the ground. But when you're so busy with your primary pursuit, it can be difficult to start something extra. If you're looking to earn some extra money on the side, though, check out   Kim Perell's Side Hustle Accelerator Course: Start Your Side Hustle Today .  Kim Perell You know Kim Perell from Entrepreneur's Elevator Pitch series where she regularly appears as a judge. Perell has also been featured on CNBC, Fox Business, MSNBC, and hosted Good Morning America's Side Hustle Showdown. She's an award-winning entrepreneur, investor, and bestselling author who has been an early-stage investor in more than 80 startups. In this course, Perell helps you discover your dr

Learn How to Build the Backend of a Website

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  When it comes to web development, most people can understand the front-end of a website pretty easily. It's just the part that a user interacts with; the buttons, forms, and design that give people the experience they expect from the site. The backend, however, is a bit more complicated and nuanced. And yet that's the part where most entrepreneurs with web development aspirations should focus their attentions. PauseUnmute Fullscreen VDO.AI Christopher Gower/Unsplash Whether you're building a system to manage client requests or you want to build out a full interactive website, you'll need a great backend to manage the data and interactions that people generate on your site. The Ultimate 2022 Backend Developer Bundle can help you learn how to build an awesome backend for your website. It's on sale for just $33.99 with code SAVE15NOV.  This 13-course bundle (rated as high as 4.7/5 stars) is designed for beginners and includes more than 40 hours of training in some of

'It's not the decision we wanted,' says Jeff Bezos, losing his mind to prevent NASA from going to the Moon with SpaceX

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  Elon Musk   's company   SpaceX   may once again work with   NASA   to get astronauts to the Moon. The federal judge who was handling the case of   Blue Origin   ,   Jeff Bezos   ' aerospace company, against the United States government for the contracts with Musk's firm, agreed with the aerospace agency. This means that Starship will continue its plan to bring humans to the Moon. YouTube | Bloomberg | Getty Images Faced with the judge's ruling,  Jeff Bezos  commented through his Twitter account: "It is not the decision we wanted, but we respect the judgment of the court and wish NASA and SpaceX full success in the contract." In April of this year 2021, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) chose Elon Musk's company with the aim that it would develop, manufacture and operate two flights of his Starship spacecraft to land on the Moon. In addition to SpaceX, the companies Dynetics and Blue Origin were competing for this public contract.

There is already a company called Meta and it is asking for several million to give the name to Mark Zuckerberg

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  Just a week ago, Mark Zuckerberg loudly announced that Facebook will now be called Meta , a change to make way for its metaverse . But the tycoon could have problems adopting his new identity, since there is already a company called Meta in the United States, which would be willing to give him its name in exchange for several million dollars. Meta PCs vía Twitter The Meta PC company, dedicated to selling computers, laptops, tablets and software, has operated for more than a year under that name, but just last August they presented the documents to convert 'Meta' into their trademark, reports TMZ. It may interest you: A German company says that Facebook was inspired by its logo for the creation of the Meta badge However, to avoid a lawsuit, the founders of the small technology company, Joe Darger and Zack Shutt , ask for a payment of 20 million dollars to withdraw the registration application and free the name of ' Meta' . Faced with the possibility of winning a good s

Jeff Bezos Pledges $2 Billion to Battle Climate Change After Flying to Conference on Private Jet

 On Tuesday, Amazon founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos announced a $2 billion pledge to battle climate change at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland, which he flew to on his private jet.  VDO.AI  Skip Ad The $2 billion commitment is part of a larger $10 billion pledge from the Bezos Earth Fund, which aims to "enhance nature and advance environmental justice and economic opportunity" by 2030, according to Bezos.  "Our commitment today supports a three-fold imperative — we must conserve what we have, restore what we've lost and grow what we need in harmony with nature," the billionaire continued. "Investing in nature through both traditional and innovative approaches is essential to combat climate change, enhance biodiversity, protect the beauty of the natural world and create a prosperous future." The $2 billion commitment will be added to the $1 billion pledge announced in September at Climate Week NYC. The