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Trent Henry on Building Tomorrow’s Leaders

HR Digest

EY has a consistently received a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI) since 2005, demonstrating a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Education was a cornerstone of my childhood.

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Female Leadership on the Decline in Canada :: Women on Business

Women on Business

found that the number of women in top executives positions in Canada has fallen over the past year from 37 women in the highest-paying executive jobs in 2006 to just 31 in 2007. However, all hope is not lost for Canadian businesswomen. In April 2007, Catalyst surveyed all of the FP 500 companies in Canada, and at the time, 15.1%

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EBay CEO Meg Whitman to Retire :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Just six months later, eBay went public with its initial public offering, and by 2005, eBay was on fire with nothing stopping it. When Meg Whitman joined eBay in 1998, no one knew how successful the company would become. Whitman took the helm when eBay employed only a few dozen people.

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

Women on Business

Toward the end of 2005, I started preparing my exit strategy. It was time to let go of the illusion of control that the “big bucks&# created. Don’t get me wrong, big bucks rock! However, they will rock even louder on my terms as an entrepreneur and professional coach.

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What Startup Accelerators Really Do

Harvard Business Review

Startup accelerators support early-stage, growth-driven companies through education, mentorship, and financing. Silicon Valley–based Y Combinator launched the first seed accelerator program, in 2005, in Boston, followed closely by TechStars , which was founded the next year in Boulder, Colorado. The number of U.S.-based

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What If Socially Useful Jobs Were Taxed Less Than Other Jobs?

Harvard Business Review

Although economists have long focused on policies that promote the acquisition of human capital through education, the efficient allocation of the resulting talent is just as important. Our data shows, for instance, that 18% of multimillionaires work in finance, while only 1% of them are professors and scientists. In the U.S.,

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What Makes New Orleans a Startup City to Rival the “Big Three”

Harvard Business Review

based companies that they finance,” according to a paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Prior to Hurricane Katrina, in 2005, New Orleans was a place where too many people accepted that the city’s zenith had passed over 150 years ago. to live on the sort of shoestring budget that startups demand.