Author: Doug Hardy

Doug Hardy
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Doug Hardy

Doug Hardy is an award-winning writer, editor, and content strategist focused on management, innovation, entrepreneurship, and human capital topics as well as narrative nonfiction. He is the author or co-author of nine books and scores of online and offline articles. After years in book and magazine publishing, Hardy moved online in 1993, leading online editorial groups at The New York Times Magazine Company, Monster.com, and ATT New Media. He is a veteran speaker to business and consumer gatherings, and a content marketing consultant as well as a certified career coach.

show me the money
Show Me the Money Hot investment tip: I know a stock fund that has beaten the S&P 500 consistently for 20 years. It pursues a rigorous fundamental research process, and is advised by some of the best names in the business. Its managers, who turn over every year, work out of a state-of-the-art investment lab in a Boston suburb. Want in?
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November 7, 2018

Posted in Community

A New Definition of Success
A New Definition of Success Losing a dear aunt to cancer helped Kelly Murphy Greeley realize that her career could be more meaningful and fulfilling if she were working for a cause.
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February 7, 2014

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

Slow Money Investing Takes Root
Slow Money Investing Takes Root An emerging cadre of enterprising investors and entrepreneurs is committed to turning this situation around, and making money in the process. Food entrepreneurs are revitalizing dozens of old businesses, and starting hundreds of new ones, based on sustainable farming and food production methods.
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November 26, 2013

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Mentors for Entrepreneurs
Mentors: An Entrepreneur's Most Valuable Player While much is made of the critical importance of finding a mentor, the term can seem as broad as the spectrum of human relationships.
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August 5, 2013

Posted in Insights

The Exit Strategy
Debating the Exit Strategy For the venture-minded entrepreneur, an end might be a successful business … but then what? What are the different paths to “done” for an entrepreneur starting out? Is it going public, getting acquired, starting a spin-off, or expanding to multiple locations?
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July 29, 2013

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Conscious Capitalism
Becoming a Conscious Capitalist
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July 15, 2013

Posted in Insights

Guy Kawasaki
How to Ape Guy Kawasaki Guy Kawasaki might balk at the label Legendary Marketing Guru, but his 1.2 million social media followers are voting with their tweets—his writing on marketing, evangelizing, social media, and more spreads far and wide.
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July 8, 2013

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Big Business Startup Mentality
Big Business, Startup Mentality The oft-told story of a small startup innovating to greatness stands in contrast to the narrative of a large company caught in the innovator’s dilemma: protecting its current business by ignoring opportunities that could disrupt the status quo. In corporate environments, intrapreneurs fight bureaucracy, outdated processes, groupthink, and sheer inertia.
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May 15, 2013

Posted in Insights

Amplifying Impact Altruhelp
Amplifying Impact with AltruHelp Mathew Paisner is not your average social innovator. He heads AltruHelp, an organization that helps businesses and colleges increase volunteerism by connecting their people to personalized volunteer projects.
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May 10, 2013

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Entrepreneur Friendly Immigration Reform
Entrepreneur-Friendly Immigration Reform Immigration is a hot-button issue but, whatever their feelings about comprehensive immigration reform, business leaders and advocates are pushing the message that the political snarl over immigration is hurting American business by preventing the world’s best and brightest from working here.
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May 2, 2013

Posted in Insights