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A Woman's Place is in the Classroom

Women on Business

There used to be a time when a majority of young girls, ready to explore higher education were told by their parents (mostly fathers) that it was a waste of money for them to go to college; they would “just” end up getting married, becoming pregnant, and staying in the home raising children and taking care of “the” husband. Love this post.

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At the Core of Your Abilities - Personal Strengths and People Skills

Building Personal Strength

As everyone knows, the stock market tanked a few years ago when "the real estate bubble" burst. They were highly educated, intelligent, and experienced in banking. Depending on how much someone has had to strive in life, she may have developed some of the personal strengths. In other words, he had poor people skills.

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Why Do App Developers Still Live with Their Moms?

Harvard Business Review

A recent story in the New York Times highlighted a pair of high school students who had experienced considerable success as app developers. Unfortunately, app development came at the expense of schoolwork, resulting in a sharp decline in one developer’s grades as the pair headed into the college application season. since 2000.

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Why Tech Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries Struggle to Raise Funds

Harvard Business Review

As a college student in Nigeria, I had wanted to master developing microcontroller-based systems, but had never had the opportunity in practice, because no company there offered it. So, at the end of the academic session, I developed a business plan and sent copies to potential investors in the U.S. As the first year of my Ph.D.

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Author Chris Brady's Leadership Blog: Tell Me If Anything Was Ever.

Chris Brady

  Do not squander what you’ve been given, no matter how much or little, rather, harness it,develop it, hone it, and focus it, bring it to bear on a daily basis and letting the world see what you were given. That elusive quality that I only posses for Montessori education, so it seems, and even then not consistently:).

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

Harvard Business Review

New Orleanians new and old returned to their city with a newfound sense of urgency, and they began to look at some of those decades-old problems that had dogged the city with fresh eyes, whether in education, transportation, food service, or music. In 2011, demographer Joel Kotkin developed a list of the U.S.’s

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Don't Abandon Crowdfunding -- Manage It

Harvard Business Review

Furthermore, I understand all too keenly the complexities of determining a fair valuation for companies that are too early in their development to fit existing measurement standards and can't meet the criteria for standard bank or SBA funding. billion in 2011, and that funding volume is on track to nearly double to $2.8