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Reversing the Decline in Big Ideas

Harvard Business Review

At present, the startup ecosystem's inability to differentiate mom and pop tech entrepreneurs from high growth entrepreneurs ready to build the next billion-dollar company wastes a lot of people's time and energy. In the past, the magic formula was two engineers or an engineer and a businessman. The formula worked. What gives?

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Reversing the Decline in Big Ideas

Harvard Business Review

At present, the startup ecosystem's inability to differentiate mom and pop tech entrepreneurs from high growth entrepreneurs ready to build the next billion-dollar company wastes a lot of people's time and energy. In the past, the magic formula was two engineers or an engineer and a businessman. The formula worked. What gives?

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Could the Middle East Fuel the Solar Industry?

Harvard Business Review

"Ten years ago we met in Saudi and said 'someday we'll be sitting in the middle of the desert talking about renewable energy.' The speaker was an academic at Sydney's University of New South Wales, and we met last week at a vast trade show in Abu Dhabi called the World Future Energy Summit. And here we are."

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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

We need to decide how to best divide energies—whom to feed first. Do what has to be done and don’t waste energy on fear that undermines performance— unless the doubt is a nagging hunch of a wrong direction! Similarly, make sure your OWN site has the best key words for the search engines.

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Why Not Take a Year Off to Work in Government?

Harvard Business Review

The program pairs start-ups with government workers to improve government services in areas including transportation, energy, data services, and the environment. As one remarked, “After eight years, I had built the foundation and expertise in markets and finance. Cities and states are becoming the R&D engines of the U.S.

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Three Questions to Consider Before Deciding Where to Locate Your Start-Up

Harvard Business Review

Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London. Energy is still the domain of Houston and Dubai. Finding talent and financing isn’t the only hurdle to overcome on the road to startup success; it’s the first of many. That fear is the motivator that keeps you driving forward. The list goes on and on.

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What It Takes to Innovate Within a Corporate Bureaucracy

Harvard Business Review

Being a successful corporate hacker thus requires an enormous amount of energy and persuasiveness. Through sheer force of will (her passion was contagious and her research was solid) she enlisted 20 technical experts at the company, including a number of engineers who worked on their own time to help her advance the idea. The prize?