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6 Ways to Take Control of Your Career Development If Your Company Doesn’t Care About It

Harvard Business Review

We are now in the era of “do-it-yourself” career development. Unfortunately, organizations today are unknowingly leaving employees with skill gaps and blind spots that can derail careers and organizational effectiveness. Here are six things you can do to take control of your own career. Drawn Ideas/Getty Images.

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Venture Capitalists Get Paid Well to Lose Money

Harvard Business Review

This fixed 2% fee structure creates the incentive to accumulate and manage more assets. Investors have perpetuated a compensation structure where VCs can generate significant personal income over their career, even when they make no money for their LPs. Last year I spoke at a conference to an audience of VCs.