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Walking Away from the Big Bucks in the Pursuit of True Balance.

Women on Business

Even though the chosen path resulted in the realization of my goals and dreams, I quickly became completely disinterested in corporate culture and, unwilling to jump through any more hoops for the big bucks. Toward the end of 2005, I started preparing my exit strategy. Don’t get me wrong, big bucks rock!

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Private Equity Can Make Firms More Innovative

Harvard Business Review

Second, the main goal of PE investors is to increase a firm’s value so that it can be sold for profit. Startups, on the other hand, aren’t debt financed, because they’re too risky and unproven, and have no assets—not so appealing to lenders. PE’s proponents say this disparaging view doesn’t add up.

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Fixing the World's Infrastructure Problems

Harvard Business Review

Just a few examples illustrate some of the pressing issues: South Africa''s power distribution network has an estimated maintenance backlog of $4 billion — equivalent to half of the country''s total investment in electric power generation and distribution in 2011. an estimated $100 billion per year.

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Willy Wonka and the Leadership Idea Factory

Terry Starbucker

I’ve written that the “secret of life&# is never growing up, and indeed, that child’s sense of wonder is an element of idea generation that just HAS to be there if an organization is going to swing for the fences with big changes, or to go after those “BHAGs&# (big, hairy and audacious goals).