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The Top Five Career Regrets

Harvard Business Review

I had just finished a guest lecture on business and innovation at Parson's School for Design , and a particularly attentive front-row audience member kicked off question time with the curliest one of the day. Whoever called them golden handcuffs wasn't joking. What do you regret most about your career? I wish I had quit earlier.

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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

Innovative, proudly geeky Norwegian software company, Trolltech , an open-source pioneer, landed a contract with the mobile division of Sharp, the Japan-based consumer electronics global powerhouse. In fact, advanced payments may be just the kind of proof that banks or equity investors need to open their pocket books.