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Dragons vs. Green Lantern?

This month in my Globe and Mail column on Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship focuses on my Sean_green_lantern favortie superhero, the Green Lantern. In particular what the ringslinging emerlad warrior can teach business people.

Here's an execerpt:

Lessons from the Green Lantern

Globe and Mail Update

In today's rapidly changing business environment, inspiration comes from all sorts of interesting places. A quick preview of the shelves of the local business bookstore confirms this with titles including:

  • Aslett's Everything I Needed to Know About Business I Learned in the Barnyard;
  • Axelrod's Everything I Know About Business I Learned from Monopoly;
  • Robert's Make It So: Leadership Lessons from Star Trek: The Next Generation;
  • Bing's Sun Tzu Was a Sissy: Conquer Your Enemies, Promote Your Friends, and Wage the Real Art of War

And my favourite, of course:

  • Brody's Everything I Needed to Know about Business I Learned from a Canadian

What does Kevin think?

K_oleary079_7 I sent an advance copy of my new book on entrepreneruship and venture capital to the man, the legend, the dragon, Mr. Kevin O'leary.

Here's what he had to say:

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A preview of the new book is now available online here:

http://www.lulu.com/browse/preview.php?fCID=779548

Give a look, and see if you agree with Kevin......