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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

One representative example: April’s Education Innovation Summit , where more than 2,000 people energetically discussed how technology and markets are charting the future of education globally. There is a precedent for endowment managers to see capital as a tool to help the university thrive — investing in local real estate.

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Writing Your Résumé When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities

Harvard Business Review

And she wrote her summary headline — a prime piece of résumé real estate — to immediately show that she had the experience these new positions require. Described by faculty as “the Hope Diamond among the many gems on staff” when received 2016 and 2013 Staff Excellence Awards. Expand from U.S.

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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. The combined global workforces of Groupon , Facebook , LinkedIn , Zynga , Yelp , Pandora , and Zillow is smaller than the number that Circuit City fired in January 2009 when it was liquidated. I’ve looked up every company that did an IPO in the 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.

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For a Booming Economy, Bet on High Growth Firms, Not Small Businesses

Harvard Business Review

PM David Cameron , November 20, 2013. High growth firms are more likely to be in food services, real estate, construction, commerce, logistics and manufacturing than in ICT and life sciences. “Small business is the backbone of our economy.” President Barack Obama , August 17, 2010.

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Get Your Budget Ready for the Upturn

Harvard Business Review

Most budgets for 2013 were made in 2012, when the prevailing economic outlook was grim. The landscape has undergone major transformations since the global financial crisis. For example, the wealth effect from rising equity and real estate prices might make premium product segments more attractive in the coming years.