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The Right (and Wrong) Way to Network

Harvard Business Review

Some people line up lunches and coffee dates because they’re in search of a job, venture funding, or clients for their company. I learned this the hard way early on in my career. I’d connected with a woman who had recently spoken at a major conference I was eager to break into.

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Innovative Companies Get Their Best Ideas from Academic Research — Here’s How They Do It

Harvard Business Review

To account for its success, many point to America’s entrepreneurial culture, its tolerance for failure and its unique ecosystem of venture funding. While private companies employ some excellent scientists, most of America’s scientific research is publicly funded. ” Yet that poses a problem for managers.