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All these people are revolutionaries, new
pioneers, and quiet heroes. They started their own business and have been quite
successful. To be able to say, "It is my business. I started it.
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own it," is a 'recent' construct within the history of
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July 4, 1776, Concord, Massachusetts: Deep
in the roots of the American revolution is a little-known fact. The colonists
could not charter or incorporate a business without the approval of the crown
(King George III). The drive to create new businesses was so pent up, it was
the gun powder of the American Revolution. And, it all began with the politics
of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the founding of Harvard University.
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| Oscar Handlin, a Pulitzer
Prize-winning historian and the Carl M. Loeb University Professor Emeritus,
Harvard University, reveals within 10 pages that starting a business is in our
blood; it's part of the way we define ourselves. For more, read
Chapter 1: "The Development of the Corporation" within The Corporation: A
Theological Inquiry, editors, Michael Novak & John Cooper,
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colonists issued their own charter to start Harvard University. The right to
grant charters was held by the King of England. So angered was he with these
early colonists, the king revoked the Massachusetts colony's charter and made
it very difficult for all the colonists to form a legally-chartered company. By
1775 the need for corporations had become so pent up, it was, without question,
part of the "shot that was heard around the world." |
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In Handlin's words, this story is quite
remarkable:
"In 1800 the United States was only beginning
its history as an independent nation. It was an under- developed country,
primarily agricultural, with a population of perhaps 4 or 5 million along the
Altantic coast. Already, however, the United States had more corporations,
and more explicitly business corporations, than all of Europe put
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facts are working against us ... |
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| Hattie's Lightbulb & Key ideas |
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 Within each episode, the Lightbulb is that point where Hattie
asks us to reflect, "Did you hear that?" Then, for the business schools,
she will analyze every thought and word of the business owner. Key ideas result
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key ideas, when applied, can change a business. Use them all - become a $1B
business! |
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| This
show is about best practices to help make businesses more successful and make
our world a better place. Hattie speaks at conferences all over
the country, retelling the stories of these quiet heroes and new pioneers.
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