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How to Pick a Co-Founder

Harvard Business Review

Diversity on your founding team will give you strength. If you're a product guru, maybe you need a business development or sales-oriented leader to get your vision to market. But a long-term relationship can help you leapfrog the learning curve of the close collaboration, which can sometimes take years to develop.

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How a New Generation of Business Leaders Views Philanthropy

Harvard Business Review

Determined to explore how today’s philanthropists are harnessing market forces to make a difference in the world, and what they are learning, my team and I conducted interviews with several of the most prominent: from Ackman and Cohen to Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson and Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn.