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When a Mid-Career Move Falls Flat: The Story of Stripedshirt

Harvard Business Review

.” So in 2010, after a successful 18-year-career in high-tech PR, she quit her job to launch Stripedshirt , a company selling fashionable, feminine shirts in team colors. Mid-Career Crisis. And I’d dreamed about starting this business for years. You and Your Team. When you’re feeling stuck. What went wrong?

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How an NBA Team Thinks About Data, Talent, and Pricing

Harvard Business Review

And while the differences are aplenty between college basketball and professional hoops, this sports season got us thinking about the business of athletics. Between ticket sales, sponsorships, merchandising, and media rights, Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates global sports revenues will grow to total roughly $145 billion.

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How to Succeed in Business by Bundling – and Unbundling

Harvard Business Review

I had worked for several businesses during my career by that time that had become conglomerates, some fairly large, and then had divested themselves of various businesses. Or there are companies that are entirely focused on merchandise sales. Andreessen: It also demonstrates a huge advantage to having to leave for a plane.

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