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Start Networking with People Outside Your Industry

Harvard Business Review

First, if your network has become too narrow, you limit your options in case of a career change, or a downturn in your company or industry. He embarked on a networking campaign that forced him to meet each week with people outside the company, including executive recruiters, venture capitalists, startup entrepreneurs, and more.

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Are You Stuck in a Girls' Club?

Harvard Business Review

But even stuck in our current reality, you can still do some things to advance your own career. A male venture capitalist said, "You two have to meet." There are clearly still major systemic changes that need to occur for women to achieve parity. Start by seeking out connections to both women and men.

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Why Uber and Airbnb Needed a Different Kind of CEO

Harvard Business Review

At Uber, the idea for the business has been portrayed as this stroke of ingenuity, but I learned it was actually inspired by a product placement in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale. I’ve covered tech for 20 years, so I’d interviewed people like Mark Zuckerberg and the Google founders early in their careers.

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Why Companies Should Add Class to Their Diversity Discussions

Harvard Business Review

Vance has received huge attention for his book Hillbilly Elegy , chronicling his time as a venture capitalist who grew up in rural Ohio, and the difficulties his background presented. Class-based bias, just like gender- and racial-based biases, can seep into workplace systems and artificially hinder the career success of those groups.

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