Dr. Inshan Meahjohn | AI Governance, Cybersecurity & Digital Transformation

--> The term entrepreneur was coined in France over 200 years ago. According to Wikipedia “an entrepreneur is a person who has possession of a new enterprise, venture or idea and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome”. The challenges that faced entrepreneurs in the 1800’s have not changed significantly. There any many who chose this path and failed, as well as, many who chose not to try. However, there are many who have succeeded, improved their standard of living, introduced innovation, new products and services, provided jobs and significantly catalyzed economic change. From my observation of and interaction with successful entrepreneurs I discovered seven characteristics they all have in common: VISION Every one of the successful entrepreneurs that I have had the pleasure to meet all had a clearly defined vision. Once they defined this vision, they were all able to articulate, share it...

"Simple Financial Strategies Wealth Creation has been the goal of many people throughout history and since the 2008 global financial meltdown, this goal is even more important today.   “Buying a home, saving for retirement or for children’s education or even effectively managing the family budget requires more financial sophistication than ever before. Financially literate consumers make the financial marketplace work better, and they are better informed citizens as well,” Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, Federal Reserve System. I have found that the wealthiest people have adhered to timeless, disciplined and sustainable principles of wealth creation. It is my pleasure to share some of these gems with you: Set a Goal Lewis Carroll once said “if you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” This applies today as much as it did in the 19th century when he wrote Alice in Wonderland. The first step towards successful wealth creation is to hav...