“I’m not just learning here. You come to Acton and you’re changed.”

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In light of the most recent Children’s Business Fair, my awareness for other, much larger ways for children and adolescents to get involved with entrepreneurship has increased tremendously. There are so many good programs out there that engage young, budding entrepreneurs to take control and make their dreams come true.
I came across this NYTimes.com article [...]

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Everyone had a great time at the Third Annual Children’s Business Fair! Sixty young entrepreneurs participated and sold their own innovative products.
Each visitor, or potential customer, was given a ballot to vote on their choices for Most Original, Best Presentation and Highest Potential in each age group.
The 2009 Children’s Business Fair Winners Are:

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At a recent Acton MBA information session, one candidate expressed a deep need for a better understanding of cash.  This led to a brief discussion of Bill Sahlman’s “Four Rules of Cash,” taught in our Cash and Valuation course.
Sahlman’s “Four Rules of Cash” are general guidelines for maximizing value.
The rules are:

More cash is better than [...]

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