Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

2013 had all the signs of being a comeback year for venture capital. Yet 2013 annual industry performance data from Cambridge Associates shows that venture capital continues to underperform the S&P 500, NASDAQ and Russell 2000. The industry realized its highest returns since the Internet boom.

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Venture Capitalist Asset Management Rate of Return Industry 17

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2015

New research from Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage , also shows that contrary to conventional wisdom, vacation just might be great for our career , too. American workers already forfeit a large percentage of their existing paid time off (Project Time Off says it was 169 million days in 2013.)

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Policies Creativity Report Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2013

There are many reasons why Silicon Valley might have been a top contender: for years, it''s been the premier technology hub of the world. While no one can dispute Silicon Valley embodies the quintessential technology culture, there''s another piece of the culture equation that matters just as much for a company like ours: diversity.

Diversity 9

Diversity Software Engineering Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

The story was picked up by CNN Money , which reported that Lyft’s internal data suggesting 5,560 canceled rides between October 2013 and August 2014. Just as with the ride-sharing drivers, technology is making alternative jobs easily available to your pivotal talent. Everyone is familiar with Glass Door, Monster.com, and LinkedIn.

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Industry Supply Chain Engineering Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Early in my career, a lot of commentators were sure Japan was on its way to becoming number one. American creativity remains unsurpassed. New technology has turned the U.S., American Creativity. If you doubt the force of America’s creativity, take a walk through the Kendall Square area of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Chemicals Pharmaceuticals Energy Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2018

” This definition is echoed by a 2013 national survey of 20,000 conducted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ” Education, then, is not usually an incremental step to a better way to make a living life or a waystation to another career. It normally aspires to social, not selfish, purpose. are women ).

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Education Survey Stress Definition 8

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Steve Anderson spent his career in the insurance industry focused on risk and business growth. He is a leading authority on insurance, risk management, technology, and innovation. Failure comes part and parcel with invention” (Bezos 2013 letter). And, more importantly, what you can learn?

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Letter Collins Long-term Parcell 85

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

How to Stay Stuck in the Wrong Career. The biggest mistake people make when trying to change careers is delaying the first step until they have settled on a destination. “The only reason I could even think about doing something like this is that early in my career was because I was living beneath my means,” she says.

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Project Outsourcing Learning-by-Doing Commitment 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

In it, Bogey reprised the 1930’s Broadway hit and movie that launched his career. Though I wrote all my books on computers, I wrote the modern technology chapters on the typewriter, to make points to myself that the readers could never have grasped. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved.

Energy 58

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 58

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2014

As co-CEO of the design and architectural firm Gensler , I’ve spent my career designing workplaces and studying the link between design and business performance. Take the technology workers in our survey, for example. If you want to build a culture of high performance , start by taking a look at your office environment.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Survey Motivation Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

He spent the early phases of his career there as a product manager, working on products such as Toolbar. And third, his belief that technology is an equalizing force. Here four things I think he should focus on as he takes the helm: Signal his commitment to serving at technology’s cutting edge.

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CEO Engineering Advertising Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

By 2013, we had honored Jack Dorsey of Twitter, Garrett Camp of Uber, famed choreographer Twyla Tharp, and Gangnam style pop artist Psy. Capturing the Innovation Mind-Set at Bally Technologies. If you say we should, let’s do it. In 2010, the first year, the event was fledgling, but charming. Innovation'

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Innovation Christensen Decisionmaking CTO 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Cook, of the profound productivity difference between employees who just punch the clock to get their daily pay and those who engage in learning to make productive contributions through which they can build their careers and thereby reap future returns in work and in retirement. That’s just 2.1% Employee incentives.

Innovation 10

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 10

QAspire

OCTOBER 16, 2013

We moved from industrial age to knowledge economy and now into a creative one. Open means we have access to all fundamental knowledge, resources, technology, online courses etc. Note : This post is based on a talk I recently delivered at Nirma University, Institute of Law on their annual event “Confluence 2013”. Stay Tuned!

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Media Competitive Advantage Learning-by-Doing eBook 174

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Review your investment portfolio to identify certain appreciated positions to sell now before taxes potentially increase in 2013. Medicare tax that will be imposed on certain investment income for higher income Americans beginning in 2013. The Social Security tax holiday is designed to leave more money in our paychecks.

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Press Release Discount Insurance PR 178

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

If you had asked Singaporeans in 2010 to identify a successful local start-up, they might have paused for a few minutes before mentioning Creative Labs. Today, there’s an investment seemingly every week; venture-capital investment in the tech sector increased from less than $30 million in 2011 to more than $1 billion in 2013.

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Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8