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Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm … on “Good Company”

The Practical Leader

” “… studies find that primary contributors to employee commitment include : management concern for employees and customers. participation in decision making and autonomy, along with supervisory career support (information, advice, and encouragement).

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Founding a Company Doesn’t Have to be a Big Career Risk

Harvard Business Review

After five years, in 2004, Tickle was profitable with more than $20 million in revenue; it received an acquisition offer for $100 million, as well as IPO entreaties. The financial risk of a career in entrepreneurship is the chance of spending 20 years in startups with nothing to show for it — neither money nor an impact on the world.

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Why Executives Should Talk About Racial Bias at Work

Harvard Business Review

As the CFO of a well-funded IPO-bound company, Dan had many years of experience and he had the results to show that he had outworked and out-delivered many of his internal and external counterparts. But now, with the impending IPO, the stakes were much higher. It does and executives shouldn’t be silent about it.

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Executives Must Talk About Racial Bias at Work

Harvard Business Review

As the CFO of a well-funded IPO-bound company, Dan had many years of experience and he had the results to show that he had outworked and out-delivered many of his internal and external counterparts. But now, with the impending IPO, the stakes were much higher. It does and executives shouldn’t be silent about it.

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Myths of the Gig Economy, Corrected

Harvard Business Review

Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO of Uber, the ride-sharing giant, proudly declared on September 10 that “very few brands become verbs” The same week Upwork, a platform for hiring freelancers, filed for an IPO, as did Fiverr , which boasts that it offers a “freelance services marketplace for the lean entrepreneur.”

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Venture Capitalists Get Paid Well to Lose Money

Harvard Business Review

Booming public equities and a recovered IPO market generated record portfolio company exits and distributions from VC funds. LPs expect to be paid well to assume the high fees (2% annual fees on committed capital) and long illiquidity ( minimum 10 years) of investing in private equities. LPs pay VCs like asset managers, not investors.

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The Best Companies Invest Aggressively in These 3 Areas

Harvard Business Review

Instead they’re “spiky” in how they allocate funds and they invest big in three areas: game-changing capabilities, next-generation leaders, and next generation business models: They use the power of 10X—a willingness to commit 10 times the normal resources—on their critical capabilities.