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Where your company is headquartered makes a big difference to your bottom line

Strategy Driven

Real estate is unaffordable for many, competition for talent and investment is fierce, and high state and local taxes and labor costs quickly consume whatever capital startups have secured. Nevertheless, the downside to locating in traditional startup hubs is becoming more apparent in recent years. About the Author.

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2013 Trends and The Power of Women

Women on Business

I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. As a female entrepreneur who has built a successful company over the past decade, I forced myself to look even further ahead and determine what might be coming, not just in 2013 but in the next five years or so.

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Universities Are Missing Out on an Explosive Growth Sector: Their Own

Harvard Business Review

Education is on the brink of rapid change that will create a lot of value for innovators. Those who make the decisions and control the purse strings at legacy higher education institutions. Most of the attendees from post-secondary institutions were professors or deans of schools of education. But still sitting on the sidelines?

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Why Do App Developers Still Live with Their Moms?

Harvard Business Review

Facebook had 2,400 employees in 2011; 3,500 in 2012; 4,900 in 2013; and 6,300 today. For instance, real estate site Zillow has 812 employees, and travel site Kayak has only 205. Career planning Education Tech industry' Unfortunately, the odds there are only slightly better. since 2000.

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The “Four P’s” of Marketing a Law Firm Online

Strategy Driven

Frank at Sagapixel told me about a conversation he had with Eric Diaz, a prominent real estate attorney in Philadelphia. Educating yourself, then choosing the right web design and SEO firm, will help you create the online marketing strategy that brings you the business you need not only to survive, but to thrive.

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Don't Abandon Crowdfunding -- Manage It

Harvard Business Review

will not be legalized until 2013). banks lent (without real estate as collateral) to small businesses in 2011, according to the FDIC. Education is critical. More than 80% of campaigns in this category have raised more than $25,000. Sure, this amount pales in comparison to the $282 billion that U.S.

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Africa’s Companies Need to Become More Like Training Schools

Harvard Business Review

In June 2013, some Harvard Business School classmates and I launched a social enterprise ( WAVE: West Africa Vocational Education ) targeted at the youth unemployment issue. In the hospitality sector, for example, they invest upfront into luxury real estate and equipment, but rarely into training programs.