If you’re hoping to strike it rich in the business world, it’s always helpful to have a little advice before you go out and conquer. Luckily, there are lots of experienced entrepreneurs who are willing to share their expertise and good advice for FREE. We’ve captured some of the best lectures on video, so you can get the best possible advice, information, and inspiration before you embark on your future career.

Education and Degree Programs

1. Real World Learning – Trip Hawkins, the CEO of Digital Chocolate, tells the story of how he began his business in college and the lessons he learned along the way

2. Education: Importance of Peers – learn why it’s important to build a strong network with your classmates

3. Starting a Business during Undergraduate Study – learn why your college years are the best time to go into business for yourself

4. To Get an MBA, or Not? – are you thinking of pursuing a higher business degree? Learn the pros and cons here.

5. The Global Future – get some insider information on the biggest parts of the business industry

6. Executive MBA Programs – learn if you can benefit from specializing in an Executive MBA program

7. Being an Entrepreneur in Industry vs. Education: Team vs. Individual – discover how team-building in the business world can be very different from college

Advice

8. Career Advice: Five Takeaways - learn how to make the most of your career, from how you can benefit from taking risks and tuning in to details

9. Pyramids, Not Ladders – this video explains why you should focus on making a LATERAL career move instead of moving UP

10. Career: Learning from Failure Early On - every successful businessperson has faced failure at one point. Discover how you can learn from your mistakes! 

11. Joseph Pine on what consumers want - how can you learn what customers really want? Take some advice from this expert.

12. Evan Williams on listening to Twitter users - did you know that Twitter can help you in your business ventures? Find out how in this video.

13. Selling the Dream – want to change the world with your business idea? Learn how evangelists can help.

14. Lessons for Failure - entrepreneur Karen Richardson talks about the important lessons she’s learned from her own business venture

Finance and Money Management

15. Finding Partners & Market Entry – this lecture at Georgia State University offers some basic financial advice about how to start your own business

16. David S. Rose on pitching to VCs – venture capitalists can be intimidating, but find out how you can successfully pitch your idea

17. Bootstrapping – bootstrapping is definitely not for every business, but if you can make it work, you will have a great shot at success!

18. The Dynamic Relationship between an Entrepreneur and VC – confused about the relationship between business owners and investors? This lecture can help. You need to have iTunes downloaded in order to listen in.

19. How to Finance a Business : How to Get Start-Up Business Financing – this short video will explain how to get your business off the ground by getting loans from banks and other financial means

20. Learn to speak the language of success: new business advice – what’s the difference between speaking in requests and speaking in opportunities? What are the keys to success? Learn more in this video!

21. Warren Buffett Gives Advice to Girl Scouts at Dairy Queen – watch as financial wizard Warren Buffett gives financial advice to Girl Scouts over some ice cream

For Women

22. Entrepreneurial Women – this series of lectures will tell you about women who have made a difference in the world of business

23. Definition of Entrepreneurship – Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women, tells the audience about her definition of entrepreneurship

24. A Girl Among Geeks – there are still far more men than women in the business world, but you can listen to one successful woman share her own unique story

25. A Member of the CEO Minority – one of the few female CEOs in the nation shares her story on thsi video

26. Women and Economic Development – this lecture series from Harvard University will shed some light on the challenges faced by women in the workforce

27. Joline Godfrey: Social Worker to Entrepreneur – learn about how one woman changed her career and made a difference in the lives of other people

28. Taran Swan: Business Development at Nickelodeon – listen to the former executive vice president of Nickelodeon tell about how she climbed the corporate ladder

Success Stories

29. Growing with Hewlett Packard – Kelly Dunn, the executive at Hewlett Packard, explains her history with the company and how it helped her to grow

30. Amazon.com: Customer Experience Matters -watch the founder of Amazon explain the importance of good customer relations

31. Coming to Silicon Valley – Chong-Moon Lee, chairman and CEO of Ambex Venture Group, shares his experiences and setbacks with starting a company

32. Innovate in Technology and Business: The Founding of Google – Larry Page, one of the founders of Google, explains why it’s important to be an innovator

33. Robin Chase on Zipcar and Her Next Big Idea – you can learn how a regular person made her small idea into a multi-million dollar company

34. How to Make Money and Save the World – learn how Stonyfield Farms is making a profit…while going green!

35. The Founding of AgraQuest – learn how one woman turned her lifelong passion into a very profitable business

Inventions and Creativity

36. Inventing and Marketing - do you remember Furby? Learn how its inventor successfully created and marketed some very popular products.

37. Social Innovation in Global Health: When People Come First – this video shows that new ideas don’t just have to be profitable, they can also have a positive impact on people’s lives

38. Everyday Inventions – not every invention has to change the world, but every little bit can make a difference

39. Inventing and Giving – the inventor of the Segway shares some ideas about how to market products in developing countries

40. Jeff Bezos on the next web innovation – the CEO of Amazon predicts what will happen next in the business world

41. The Scientist vs. the Entrepreneur – learn about how scientists and businesspeople can work together to get new ideas up and running

42. Fab Labs – learn how one inventor built a lab that allows people to build the things they  need for less money

“Green” and Sustainable Careers

43. Strong Ethics, Smart Business – listen to the CEO of the Xerox corporation talk about how his company makes a big profit while focusing on issues of sustainability

44. Sustainable Enterprise: The Next Industrial Revolution – going green is a smart decision to make if you are looking to take your business into the next decade

45. Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet – this lecture will explain how you can help others while running an ethical business

46. Green Rush: Eco-Business – learn why so many growing businesses and companies are going green

47. Corporate Social Responsibility in an Increasingly Flat World – this discussion focuses on encouraging corporate responsibility

48. Ethical Leadership: Qualities and Responsibilities of Leaders in the New Millennium – if you are an entrepreneur, discover how you can become a responsible and ethical business leader

49. Ethical Challenges in Business: A Leadership Perspective – Bill George discusses ethical issues in business from a leadership perspective

50. The Role of Entrepreneurship in Solving World Problems – watch this lecture to learn how businesses can do much more than make money!