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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. In layman’s terms, venture capitalists don’t want to fly across the country for a board meeting. About the Author.

Company 51
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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.