Dr. Melodena Stephens Balakrishnan

The main thing for companies to recognize at this stage it that you can have a tremendous impact on the world by the message you are sending out. Are you inclusive? Do you live your values? What matters most: profits or people?

The world needs social entrepreneurs, and social entrepreneurs need funds!

The company brand is your personal calling card- it can stay with you forever.

A business with heart need not be a large corporation with a strong CSR outreach program; it can be a startup that has an embedded purpose to do good.

A study of leaders in high technology startups and established firms found that the traits of hope, optimism, and resiliency had a direct impact on transformational leadership, which directly impacted firm performance.

Many entrepreneurs "fall" into a venture, and before you know it, they find themselves frantically both building and learning about a business at the same time.

The University of Wollongong in Dubai Associate Professor, who heads up their MBA program, gives five characteristics that you should develop over the course of your career.