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1 week ago | 
entrepreneur.com | Magdalena Mook
Cuando Thomas Keown fundó su organización sin fines de lucro, Many Hopes, dedicada a rescatar a niños de situaciones de injusticia, tenía una misión clara y una visión definida de cómo ponerla en marcha. Keown se volcó por completo en su causa, aportando la energía y pasión que solo un fundador puede ofrecer en las etapas iniciales, lo que impulsó el éxito temprano de la organización.
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1 week ago | 
fastcompany.com | Magdalena Mook
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy visited NASA for the first time. While on a tour of the facility, the president met a janitor in the hallway. As the story goes, Kennedy casually asked the janitor what he did for NASA, and the janitor replied, “I’m helping put a man on the moon.”Put simply: The janitor knew the purpose of his work.
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3 weeks ago | 
entrepreneur.com | Magdalena Mook
When Thomas Keown founded his nonprofit, Many Hopes, dedicated to rescuing children from injustice, he had a mission and a clear vision of how to get it started. Keown poured himself into this mission with his whole heart, bringing energy and passion to its critical early stage that only a founder can offer and this catapulted the organization's early success. It quickly grew from two staff members and a $1 million budget to six staff members and a $5 million budget.
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2 months ago | 
ere.net | Jennifer Tardy |Magdalena Mook |Maham Memon |Sanjay KP
This article examines how corporate volunteering programs are transforming modern workplaces by offering a distinct alternative to traditional employee wellness initiatives. By moving beyond traditional workplace incentives and metrics, volunteering initiatives create alignment between corporate objectives and employee values, ultimately redefining the modern workplace as a venue for both professional achievement and social impact.
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2 months ago | 
entrepreneur.com | Magdalena Mook
People face countless choices every day. Go to the gym or skip the workout? Cook in or go out? Scroll TikTok or lock in at work? An average adult makes more than 30,000 decisions each day, according to research from Case Western Reserve University. As entrepreneurs, some of your thousands of daily decisions are far more complex. Should you pursue a certain opportunity? How do you fund that effort? In what ways do you need to adapt or pivot to keep up with industry shifts? How do you manage your risks?
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
entrepreneur.com | Magdalena Mook
Starting a business is like running an obstacle course — full of jumps, traps and other roadblocks that you must find your way around and can stifle your forward momentum. It's not a road for the faint of heart! Of course, many entrepreneurs have run the obstacle course and succeeded, and you can too. Today, challenges for entrepreneurs include the impact of artificial intelligence, inflation, an accelerated rate of change and economic instability.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
entrepreneur.com | Magdalena Mook
Ser emprendedor es tan gratificante como agotador. Se requiere mucho trabajo para convertir tu visión en un logro tangible. La combinación de incertidumbre, presión financiera y riesgo significativo puede dejarte sintiéndote abrumado y fatigado. Este vínculo entre el emprendimiento y la salud mental se refleja en los datos del reporte Coaching Snapshot 2024: coaching y salud mental de la International Coaching Federation (ICF).
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
businessandamerica.com | Magdalena Mook
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Being an entrepreneur is both fulfilling and draining. It requires hard work to turn your vision into a tangible achievement. The combination of uncertainty, financial pressure and significant risk can leave you feeling overwhelmed and fatigued. This link between entrepreneurship and mental health can be seen in data from the International Coaching Federation’s (ICF) 2024 Coaching Snapshot: Coaching and Mental Well-Being.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
entrepreneur.com | Magdalena Mook
Being an entrepreneur is both fulfilling and draining. It requires hard work to turn your vision into a tangible achievement. The combination of uncertainty, financial pressure and significant risk can leave you feeling overwhelmed and fatigued. This link between entrepreneurship and mental health can be seen in data from the International Coaching Federation's (ICF) 2024 Coaching Snapshot: Coaching and Mental Well-Being.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
entrepreneur.com | Magdalena Mook
Many startup stories of iconic brands sound a little like fairy tales. Each of these now global companies started with a few people and now employs thousands across the world. The untold story is about those who did not succeed. And there are plenty. More than two-thirds of startups never deliver a positive return to investors. In fact, of private sector businesses in the U.S. fail within the first year. After five years, 48% have closed.
