Brenden, here at Global Entrepreneurship Week HQ, likes to remind me that this isn’t a fashion blog. I, being a little smarter than he gives me credit for, know this (have you seen articles about leggings or Fashion Week? Not yet). Yet, while I spend all day reading blogs about entrepreneurship, interacting with aspiring entrepreneurs, looking at videos on YouTube about innovation, I keep stumbling upon fashion articles, fashionistas and fashion shows.

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I have no idea what goes into the making of a film; although, I’m sure it requires exorbitant amounts of time and energy. Naively, I thought once all that effort was put into the film, people would just buy it and then the film-maker would receive bundles of money. Unfortunately, it appears that that is not the case- filmmakers don’t receive bundles (ever) and movies aren’t just bought……

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I just had an int’l conference call and wanted to give everybody really quick update on some of the Global EW activities that are happening around the world. Please make sure your seats are in an upright position!

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At first, I was skeptical, it’s a mini-cake. Not to mention it comes in a range of colors and designs which make it seem slightly laughable. There is nothing serious about a cupcake.

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Somewhere in the northern Pacific Ocean, a mass of plastic is slowly rotating in a current called the North Pacific Gyre. If you could walk on this thing, you would be hiking an area equivalent to the state of Texas. It sits just below the water’s surface, evades most attempts at aerial photographic documentation (so there’s no easy way to determine its exact size), and provides a deadly buffet for confused sea life from whales to zooplankton.

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I respect Mark Zuckerberg, the guy who created facebook, for a lot of reasons but mostly because he wanted to connect people online- a simple vision, and from it made a $2 billion dollar company.

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It’s not all about ruffles, haute couture must haves, or waifishly thin models. Its also about business and fashion is a huge business- a 90 billion dollar business, in fact. This means that there is a lot of room for new business, for business failures and for power house old world names.

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YoungEntrepreneur.com is a blog devoted to doing exactly what the title suggests- promoting youth involvement in entrepreneurship. They do this in a variety of ways but the most interesting and resourceful post category falls under the heading Entrepreneur University. Here, they blog about lessons learned from famous and successful entrepreneurs; topics include networking tips, internet sales, securing repeat clientele, etc.

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