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Writing while angry

Surviving Leadership

King asked that the story be pulled from publication in 1999, wrote about why in 2013, and has donated proceeds from that writing to gun control efforts. King’s writings came to mind because we are living in a society that incubates violence. We have been sold the lie that security means success. We are drowning in violence.

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How Startups Overcome the Capital Gap

Harvard Business Review

You can go to an incubator and potentially try to convince them to write a $15-$25K check to get your idea off the ground. However, the best incubators also look for large, venture fundable business opportunities. Fast-forward to 2013: Zoho is a $200 million dollar a year company. Certainly not VCs.

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The “Older” Entrepreneur’s Secret Weapon

Harvard Business Review

His firm had a summer incubator program for student entrepreneurs. Five years later I am at the helm of a company that grew its revenues 450% in 2013, and counts one in 200 Americans as a supporter. In fact, the average age for founding a successful company is 40. A Successful International Assignment Depends on These Factors.

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Creating Social Change with Social Media

Harvard Business Review

For 2013 — mark your diary for December 3rd — we've set a goal of 5,000 partners including some of the nation's top corporate names and leading funders. We believe that the more people who have an authentic stake in the campaign, the more successful it can be. Think tools, not rules.

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Engaging Medical Specialists in Improving Health Care Value

Harvard Business Review

The DPIs’ ability to spread the word in their departments about these programs and build buy-in has had a major impact on their ultimate success. To this end, the medical management team developed the Brigham Care Redesign Incubator Start-up Program (BCRISP), which launched in 2013.

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How an Ecosystem Mindset Can Help People and Organizations Succeed

Harvard Business Review

In December 2013 he was an up-and-coming young San Francisco entrepreneur and CEO of an incubator, when he posted an offhand comment on Facebook about homelessness in his city. Greg Gopman has had an interesting two and a half years. In part, he wrote: In other cosmopolitan cities, the lower part of society keep to themselves.

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Scaling Up is a Problem of Both More and Less

Harvard Business Review

In other words, successful scaling means finding ways to limit the number of things that people are expected to focus on and execute. Sales doubled in 2013. Until 2013, the rocks were reevaluated every 90 days. Scaling becomes a problem of less because humans and human organizations can only handle so much cognitive load.