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Why Are Immigrants More Entrepreneurial?

Harvard Business Review

Huffington grew up in Athens and studied in London before starting her career as a politician and media entrepreneur. between 2006 and 2012 had at least one immigrant cofounder. It suggests that public money may be better spent on building incubators for migrant entrepreneurs than on building border walls. as young adult.

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Microfinance Is Good for Women, but It's Only Part of the Solution

Harvard Business Review

Career paths are not one-size-fits-all, yet in emerging markets, it's often assumed that microfinance — the use of small loans to foster self-reliant small businesses in a community setting — is the only path for women seeking economic opportunity. Such policies are often illegal but nonetheless remain in practice.

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Innovating Your Way Out Of The Resource Curse

The Horizons Tracker

The centrepiece of the institute is the Qatar Science & Technology Park, which brings together applied research and technology innovation, incubation and entrepreneurship. Norway has been in a similar situation since oil and gas deposits were discovered in the North Sea shelf in the 1960s.

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

based venture capitalists about my plans to move my family out to Singapore to oversee Innosight’s nascent investment and incubation arm. In a previous generation, both would have likely followed a lucrative career in the government or perhaps even stayed overseas. The conversations all went pretty much the same.