Two years of research and writing wraps today! Starting my day with Fox & Friends. Catch my book on their recommended reading list
The Book
The Entrepreneurial Instinct (McGraw-Hill, Sept 14 2012)
Order on Amazon
Fox & Friends: Launch of The Entrepreneurial Instinct
Posted in Uncategorized
BloombergTV (VIDEO): Entrepreneurs Wired to Take Risks
Deidre Bolton of BloombergTV Money Moves and author Monica Mehta discuss how entrepreneurs’ minds are wired to take risks.
MSNBC: Left on Right’s National Convention
Offering a business perspective to a lean forward recap of the 2012 Republican National Convention with political journalist Bob Franken, liberal commentator Nancy Giles and Wake Forest Political Science Professor David Coates.
Posted in Uncategorized
Podcast: Plan for an Evolution
“It’s not much good having a map if you can’t see the road and don’t even know where you want to go,” said Monica in a free teleclass for the Texas Conference for Women. “If evolution is the norm, then the way you prepare for the journey must accommodate the unexpected.” In this free 20 min podcast catch best practices from Monica on starting a business with instinct.
Fox News: Campaigns Get Negative
A slow recovery and economic inequities cause partisan politics to get unusually nasty this election cycle. My recent conversation with Democratic Strategist Tamara Holder, NY Post’s John Podhoretz on Fox News Fox and Friends.
Posted in Uncategorized
Fox News: The Ups and Downs of a Sluggish Recovery
The trends are up and down, but the overall story remains same… one of a flat lining economy. Economic storm has passed but for years no wind in the sail of our recovery. Retail sales seeing a little bounce in last month, may be due to stabilizing home prices – wealth affect that creates for consumer who feels a little more confidence to spend. But it could also be a hot summer that has people fleeing to mall, drought that is causing everything from food prices to oil to jump.
Posted in Uncategorized
Fox Business: Corporations Merge & Acquire, But Not Hire
Flush with cash, corporations are buying back shares, merging and acquiring – but not hiring. That’s because a cloud of uncertainty makes them resistant to spend on new business, but focused on finding efficiencies to boost earnings. I discussed this one on one with Fox Business’ Elizabeth McDonald
Posted in Uncategorized
OneThingNew: How to Take a Risk
Great story from OneThingNew.com on my upcoming book The Entrepreneurial Instinct (McGraw-Hill, Sept 14 2012) on how to take risks without the angst …
How to Take a Risk
By Kimberly Weisul
Sometimes, you just have to make a leap. And sometimes, you just can’t.
Monica Mehta always wanted to be an entrepreneur. She got her B.S. from Wharton, worked in private equity, and spent her free time evaluating business plans. “I felt like I had checked off every box to be an entrepreneur,” says Mehta, now a private equity investor. The problem: “Taking that final leap of faith…Risk-taking is not something you learn in school.” Read more at OneThingNew.com
Fox Business: Have big banks learned their lesson?
Were the bank bailouts a mistake or an essential? It was a point that the Fox All Stars couldn’t remotely agree upon. Whether financial reform enacted since Lehman has helped Washington put on a good face with the pubic on enact meaningful change on Wall Street is also yet to be determined. The Fox All Stars discussed this and more with Neil Cavuto.
Monica Mehta 