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Joining Boards: It's Not Just Who You Know That Matters

Harvard Business Review

For many, a corporate directorship is a career capstone. banking & financial services, insurance, real estate); Health Care (e.g., computers & peripherals, electronic equipment & components, semiconductors, wireless telecommunication services); and Materials (e.g., But attaining one is far from easy.

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

In a previous generation, both would have likely followed a lucrative career in the government or perhaps even stayed overseas. based WiFi service provider Ruckus Wireless snatched it up in 2013. Dave McClure’s 500 Startups recently invested in a local real estate portal.