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Why Does Teach for America Spawn So Many Entrepreneurs?

Harvard Business Review

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. In this way, TFA, like all organizations, develops particular competencies through the careers of its members.

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How to Tell If a Company’s Culture Is Right for You

Harvard Business Review

John Lees, the UK-based career strategist and author of How to Get a Job You Love , agrees that it’s important to do further “due diligence” on the company and its people to make sure it’s a place you want to work. “Ask if you are able to move into other functions and other roles as your career progresses.

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Job Growth Depends on Reducing Entrepreneurial Risk

Harvard Business Review

Right now incubators such as Y Combinator and TechStars are performing this task for the best existing entrepreneurs. But increasing public awareness of entrepreneurial skills isn't all we can do. We need to find a way to get our best and brightest to consider entrepreneurship as a viable career option. Would it be effective?

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A Playbook for Making America More Entrepreneurial

Harvard Business Review

For each city or region the right mix of programs depends on what outcomes the leadership of that area is trying to achieve. The Playbook is a policy menu, based around three core needs of small businesses: access to capital; people and skills; and innovation ecosystems. People and skills.

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How Managers Can Avoid Playing Favorites

Harvard Business Review

” This limits what your team is able to accomplish as well as individual team members’ careers. ” And this employee’s “skills need to be center stage.” He says his approach to leadership has evolved. Playing favorites also dents your own professional development.

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The Myth of the Intrapreneur

Harvard Business Review

If companies want to be able to consistently innovate, they need dedicated innovation professionals to carry out the functions of discovery, development, incubation, acceleration, and scaling. Lastly, companies need (8) skills and talent that are differentiated from traditional R&D or new product development roles.