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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. And learning people skills is typically not a part of formal education. No, it was because he was distant and abrasive with the staff. Bad things happen.

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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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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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Why Do App Developers Still Live with Their Moms?

Harvard Business Review

Facebook had 2,400 employees in 2011; 3,500 in 2012; 4,900 in 2013; and 6,300 today. For instance, real estate site Zillow has 812 employees, and travel site Kayak has only 205. Career planning Education Tech industry' Unfortunately, the odds there are only slightly better. since 2000.

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Grandiose, Narcissistic, Impulsive E-Personalities — and What They Might Do to the Economy

Harvard Business Review

As a result, Dittmar and her colleagues suggest that as a society we make efforts to increase awareness of the psychological and financial pitfalls of impulsive online buying through education and consumer advice and, for some, through psychotherapy. Debt stopped scaring us because money had stopped being real. And so we spend more.

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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.