USD Magazine Spring 2011

THE WORLD IS OUR BUSINESS S USD’s entrepreneurs aim for the triple bottom l ine: People, Planet, Profit ometimes great ideas change the world. Sometimes great people make a reverberating impact through sheer talent and determination. And some- times all it takes is the ability to see — and seize — an opportunity when it slaps

you in the face. But the ultimate difference between a successful entrepreneur

and a failure is simple.

“The thing that separates winners from losers is drive,” says USD Professor Helder

Sebastiao. “That’s the secret sauce, the missing ingredient, the one thing that

can’t be taught. You have to have the drive and the passion to work without a

paycheck because you believe that you’re building something greater.”  

That greatness can come in many forms, whether it’s building a hotel conglom-

erate in tropical locales or health clinics in poverty-stricken regions. It’s the char-

acteristics those intrepid souls share — whatever their business — that Sebastiao

and his School of Business Administration colleagues are intent on molding.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHIKA SASAKI

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