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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO.

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Entrepreneurship Suffers When Well-Paid Jobs Are Plentiful

The Horizons Tracker

A recent report from the Congressional Budget Office is a good case in point, with the blame placed on access to finance and regulatory hurdles. The study found that the share of entrepreneurs fell by around half between 1985 and 2014, with just 4% of households containing an entrepreneur by the end of the study period.

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17 High-Paying Jobs for Women

HR Digest

It is a fast growing field and attracts a lot of entrepreneurs and innovators. Earnings vary according to the engineering discipline, but median salaries often approach or exceed six figures. For example, chemical engineers earn a median annual salary of $96,616. Women software developers earn a median annual income of $85,488.

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CMI Hong Kong: updates from the board

Chartered Management Institute

Other key events we hosted included an in-person networking event with the HKU SPACE GMBA students and alumni, and four webinars on different topics: “Future Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, “Deep Dives into STEM and Finance” as well as “Skills for New Employment Landscape” with the UNESCO HK Glocal Peace Centre.

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Can Leaders Take a Break? :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Purdue is known for its bright engineers, top flight technology students, it is the alma mater of the first and last men to walk on the moon. Yet, the question as I talked with women in the Purdue leadership program is still the age old one of how to balance it all; career, family, community, and time for oneself.

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Five Great Ways to Earn Extra Money in 2010 :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Here’s a tip: learn about search engine optimization (SEO) techniques and use of keywords. Get started by contributing content to sites that utilize freelance writers. Some will take unsolicited articles, many will give assignments to freelancers.

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Scientists Working Outside Their Fields Are More Likely to Become Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

What are the implications for their earnings, job satisfaction, and long-term career prospects? My coauthor and I set out to find some answers, particularly for science and engineering. scientists and engineers with undergraduate, master’s, or doctoral degrees in science and engineering.