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By: Swati Valbh-Patel Senior Vice President of Development and Design PROSPERA HOTELS I was a motel kid. While other seven-year-old girls were taking gymnastic lessons or learning to play soccer, I made beds and cleaned bathrooms at my family’s 23-room motel in Orlando, Florida. While other eleven-year-old girls were starting to babysit and have sleepovers, […]

By: Ben Vaschetti Co-Founder MAISON BENJAMIN Earning the third Michelin stars in the restaurants industry is the upmost recognition that you can achieve as a chef, there is nothing above itperiod! You are the summit of the mountain and can’t climb higher. The process to receive that award, is far from easy though and the

By: Juan Carlos Lascurain CEO/Founder LASCURAIN-GROSVENOR AND GROSVENOR SQUARE CONSULTING GROUP We often find ourselves daydreaming about projects, projects that often could be deemed impossible. Even since I was young I was intrigued by the way sports organizations (especially football and motorsports) were run and would spend hours thinking about how I would get to

By: Roberto Litwak Chief Operating Officer, International FEHER CONSULTING I remember that day as if it was yesterday, and I doubt I will ever forget it. It was a cold Sunday morning in Maryland, where we lived at the time. Sunday December 12, 1999, to be precise. I was changing our first-born’s diaper, and as

By: Andrew Pollard Founder NIDO Fresh off my 40th birthday, I was making almost a million dollars a year, I had access to anyone you can imagine in Manhattan’s social scene, I was being featured in the press and I was in a thrilling affair with a famous actress. This was it- I had made

By: Salvador H. Avila Cobo CEO CONSERVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION/ INTERNOVA INNOVACIÓN Y DESARROLLO, S.A. DE C.V. Entrepreneurship today Being an entrepreneur is cool. Taking risks when venturing through uncharted waters on a business vessel is a statement of bravery, independence, and vision. However, not all entrepreneurs are created equal. Some are driven by external factors,

By: Ann Ravel -Former Chair Federal Election Commission -California Fair Political Practices Commission -Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Obama Administration Many young people decide what they want to be; how they will make a mark on society; and, what kind of job they aspire to early in their lives, sometimes even before high school.

By: Christine M. Wallace Vice President Kettering Global KETTERING UNIVERSITY “I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan and never let you forget you’re a man…” (1980s ad for Enjoli perfume) That perfume ad, popular in the early 1980s was something that all women from my generation grew up hearing and

By: Héctor Ventura García Flores President GRUPO GARFLO “I am not perfect and that is precisely why I have a great team” The Importance of Collaborative Leadership in the Business World Collaboration and teamwork have always been essential components of success in the business world. A great leader not only acknowledges their own shortcomings, but

By: Omar Soto Sepúlveda CEO FOUNDERS ENTERPRISES INC./ TRANSPORTES SOTO E HIJOS “To be a leader, you must first have the courage to admit your mistakes, choose to learn from them, and have the maturity to correct them.” In this article, I would like to share how I have learned to overcome hardship and created