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Entrepreneurship Suffers When Well-Paid Jobs Are Plentiful

The Horizons Tracker

This ready supply of stable income made the inherent uncertainty of entrepreneurship a difficult sell. A recent report from the Congressional Budget Office is a good case in point, with the blame placed on access to finance and regulatory hurdles. Better alternatives. Opportunity costs.

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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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There, On That Hilltop Yonder

Chris Brady

  EverywhereI’ve gone, every place through which we’ve managed to squeeze the clunky whitemini-bus, every wrong turn, wrong way, blocked intersection, illegal entry, parkingcalamity, and driving uncertainty has brought about not a single angry word,mean gesture, or unfriendly response. It sounds absolutely phenomenal. Welcome home.

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We Recorded VCs’ Conversations and Analyzed How Differently They Talk About Female Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

In the European Union, government VCs allocated €3,621,000,000 to finance innovation and growth in small and medium-size businesses from 2007 to 2013. From 2009 to 2010 we were invited to silently observe governmental VC decision-making meetings and, more important, the conversations they had about entrepreneurs applying for funding.

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Attitude Reflects Leadership

N2Growth Blog

The impact of her lack of leadership and management skills resulted in a tremendous amount of mistrust, uncertainty and poor moral. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Her attitude of retaining only good followers resulted in the loss of numerous well-experienced and efficient people.

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Why Chinese Firms' Cross-Border Deals Fall Apart

Harvard Business Review

Chinese companies are relatively new to the M&A game, governments in many target markets are quick to detect a political agenda, Chinese companies sometimes struggle to obtain financing or face unexpected political opposition at home, and many acquiring Chinese firms operate in particularly dynamic — and volatile — global markets.

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Greece’s Problem Is More Complicated than Austerity

Harvard Business Review

Exit from the Euro would only increase that capital scarcity, as the foreign exchange uncertainties would need to be factored in. Although former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis made eloquent appeals about the need to rethink macro, he said very little about changing how the economy is run. In a country slipping from 1.8%