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Are Ph.Ds Turning Their Back On Entrepreneurship?

The Horizons Tracker

While it’s a logical sentiment, especially in an age in which technology is becoming ever more sophisticated, new research from Osaka University suggests that PhDs are not actually very good as entrepreneurs. ” Declining fortunes. This underlines the decline in entrepreneurship in medicine, for instance, with just 31.4%

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How Being A Generalist Can Help You Adapt And Innovate

The Horizons Tracker

This means that innovators are not necessarily inventing completely new things, but rather applying existing technologies in new ways. The researchers looked specifically at the development of the Microsoft Kinect, which was released back in 2010 as an accessory to the Xbox gaming console. Creating impact.

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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

Copyright 2007-2010 - Chris Young Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter « Possibility Maximizer: HR-Guide.com | Main | Possibility Maximizer: Ask HR Bartender » October 25, 2010 The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week It was another great week for reading HR, talent management, and leadership development blogs!

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

Whether you have invented an amazing new technology or product, you could still fail. Being a founder has a profound impact on your career because it provides a relevant, observable, and hard to imitate signal (the three characteristics of strong reputation signals) of your leadership capabilities. Innovation Capital.

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Remembering 9/11 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

There was so much fear and uncertainty. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Ironically, or providentially, I had just graduated from the Defense Language Institute in Monterey and was preparing to go into the intel field to catch these kinds of "bad guys." Our Freedom.

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Attitude Reflects Leadership

N2Growth Blog

People who have bad attitudes have more career turnover. After a further two years, during which I was looking for a new career start, I finally decided to work from home and be closer to my wife and beautiful eight year old daughter whom I had neglected a lot while running these businesses in the first place. Our Freedom.

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A Couple Reasons to Smile About

Women on Business

and it’s as if the end of 2010 wasn’t just the end of a calendar year but the end of tough times. After a year of uncertainty and tumult, Congress finally got around to making some crucial decisions in the last month of 2010. Extends the 2010 income tax, capital gains and dividend tax rates for all Americans.