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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

During that year, I got to know the top management team. This became the opportunity of a lifetime for the general manager, who had been grooming himself for that job for years. A younger manager was promoted ahead of him, and the general manager resigned in anger. He had plenty of experience in these areas.

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

Chris Brady

That elusive quality that I only posses for Montessori education, so it seems, and even then not consistently:). Posted by: Laurie Ward - Team Maximus | August 13, 2010 at 01:29 PM Chris, I enjoyed this and have struggled with being a real estate broker amongst wearing other hats the last 3 years. Louis tomorrow!)

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Don't Abandon Crowdfunding -- Manage It

Harvard Business Review

billion in 2011, and that funding volume is on track to nearly double to $2.8 banks lent (without real estate as collateral) to small businesses in 2011, according to the FDIC. Education is critical. Consider the data just released in this week's " Crowdfunding Industry Report" from www.crowdsourcing.org.

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2013 Trends and The Power of Women

Women on Business

president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. In general, men have been waiting for the old jobs to come back, while women have adapted themselves (in some cases, even pursuing additional education) to make the most of new opportunities. million in 2011. Guest Post By: Andrea Simon, PhD., As of 2010, only 2.4%

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Hire a Great Chinese Engineer by Impressing His Girlfriend's Mom

Harvard Business Review

I thought hiring good engineers would be easy when I launched my startup, Julu Mobile , in Shanghai in early 2011. After all, China produces 600,000 engineering graduates each year, and as a former Google product manager I thought knew how to attract them.

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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. Of course, being home to one of the country’s premier engineering colleges helps, as do the real estate investments made by the university to create space for companies.