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Why Does Teach for America Spawn So Many Entrepreneurs?

Harvard Business Review

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Recently, TFA introduced a program to promote entrepreneurship in education called the Social Entrepreneurship Initiative.

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To Grow a Digital Business, Learn from the Startup Community

Harvard Business Review

What seems certain is that if you’re managing an incumbent company, you cannot predict, much less invent, the future on your own. Johnny Ryan, the executive who created FUSION, saw it as a “validator” rather than an incubator: It forced the start-ups to face the hazards of the market, but with support from peers and mentors.

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Why Today’s Corporate Research Centers Need to Be in Cities

Harvard Business Review

Consider the iPad, first released in March 2010; at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, close to a dozen tablets were on display. Georgia Tech’s incubator, the Advanced Technology Development Center , helps create successful startups by connecting entrepreneurs to mentors, capital, and customers.

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Interview with Sramana Mitra on 1M/1M Program

Rajesh Setty

Once the $1 million revenue milestone is crossed, entrepreneurs find it easier to find additional customers, manage working capital, and access funding, whether it is credit or equity. SM: Every incubator you look at takes pride in how exclusive they are. This is where numerous ventures fail. RS: What makes 1M/1M unique?