entrepreneurship Archives - Jeff Havens | Keynote Speaker | Leadership Keynote Speaker

Can A Simple Question Solve the Affordable Housing Crisis?

Jeff Havens — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:56:20 +0000

I don’t normally talk about myself in these articles, because I want these solutions to be something that can work for you. But over the past couple years I’ve been working on something that I think you might find interesting – if not for the subject itself, then for how my solution to this issue…

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How to Think Productively About Luck

Jeff Havens — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:09:01 +0000

In almost everything we accomplish in life, there are three contributing factors to our success – the work we put into achieving the thing, the intelligence and creativity we apply in pursuit of our goal, and the blind fortune of dumb luck. Most of us spend most of our time thinking about how to improve…

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What You Can Learn from Pig Farmers and Pharmacies

Jeff Havens — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 14:52:14 +0000

One of the things I’ve always enjoyed about my job is the opportunity to meet people living in places I would otherwise probably never go, doing things I know almost nothing about. It’s given me a chance to see a much broader cross-section of the world than I think most jobs allow for, and my…

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What To Work On When Business Is Slow

Jeff Havens — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 15:18:28 +0000

Every summer I completely understand why tropical countries tend to move at a slower pace than ones further from the equator. Of course the Vikings went on raiding expeditions – what else were they going to do during nine months of Nordic winters? I live in Michigan, where we only get six months of decent…

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4 Ways to Guarantee Your New Business Dies a Sad and Lonely Death

Jeff Havens — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 10:00:06 +0000

If you’re a small business owner, then I’m sure some evil acquaintance of yours has told you that roughly half of all small businesses fail in their first five years. Perhaps he or she went farther and informed you that two-thirds of all small businesses fail within ten years. Perhaps he or she then went…

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