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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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Emerging Demographics Are the New Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

For example, people aged over 50 bought nearly two-thirds of the new cars sold in the United States in 2011. McKinsey Glog research finds that China is expected to spend 12.5% of all consumption growth on education for those under 30 — higher than any other country apart from Sweden. By 2011, this share was more than 45%.

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Africa's Growth Opportunity

Harvard Business Review

A decade on, in January 2011, The Economist has revised its dark vision, calling Africa's countries " The Lion Kings.". And this is the interesting opportunity that is emerging: By 2020, 128 million households (600 million people) will have reached the consumer class, according to McKinsey's estimates. One such is General Electric.

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Why Not Take a Year Off to Work in Government?

Harvard Business Review

Using her private sector savvy and entrepreneurial mind-set, she was able to more than double the number of California companies that support policies for improving children’s health and education. economy, conducting large-scale experiments in economic development, environmental sustainability, and education.

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Apple's Trojan Horse

Harvard Business Review

At a minimum, this Apple TV could change education, hospitality, work, and travel. Direct spending on business travel by domestic and international travelers totaled $249 billion in 2011. Let''s say the Apple innovation merely takes $50 billion out of the industry. We can recover tax dollars through the reform of education.

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The Missing Political Debate Over the Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

Hillary Clinton has a tech and innovation agenda. A 2011 McKinsey study estimated that the internet accounted for 21% of GDP growth over the previous five years among the developed countries studied, a sharp increase over the 10% contribution over the 15 years prior. digital industries. The Digital Economy as a Jobs Risk.