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Will Netflix Flourish Where Hollywood Failed?

Harvard Business Review

Everyone would like to be a player and Hollywood is littered with the wreckage of careers of people who looked at the entertainment industry and thought, "I would love to be a big shot and, anyhow, how hard can it be?" Even very talented people (the Weinstein brothers or Bonnie Hammer, for instance) make mistakes. Piepler is right.

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Don't Hire Entrepreneurs; Hire Entrepreneurial Spirit

Harvard Business Review

This can take many forms — an agreement that an employee can use office space and resources outside normal business hours to hammer out a side project over time, for instance, or a month-long sabbatical to let them dig into their passion all at once. These sorts of incentives take planning and should be incorporated into annual goals.