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The Big Shift: Demand for Future Work Skills in 2021

HR Digest

The year 2020 is playing out like a bad dream in need of a wake-up call. Workers who adapt and grow with the organization in a time of accelerated change will be able to launch products and services that meet market needs. When I was a technology marketing exec in 2009, I heard the words nurture marketing.

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Research Explores The Shortcomings Of Corporate Venturing

The Horizons Tracker

Whereas historically, the bulk of corporate innovation would be via in-house R&D programs, or mergers and acquisitions, the last decade has seen a considerable rise in corporate venturing. Indeed, during 2020, around $70 billion was invested by corporates in startups, which represented around 25% of all VC deals.

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Case Study: An Angel Investor with an Agenda

Harvard Business Review

She'd mentioned her business, Calidad de Vida, a group of day care centers for the elderly, and he'd peppered her with questions, explaining that he was interested not only as a doctor (he was the leading cardiothoracic surgeon at Madrid's best hospital) but also as a potential investor (he'd unloaded his stocks just before the market collapsed).