Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

She has faced many of these realities herself, during her career as an investment banker, deal maker, and business strategist. The “Secret&# of success is not just a great idea, a positive attitude, and venture funding. Are you willing to put in a LOT of hard work and practice? But it’s rarely so.

Entrepreneur 273

Entrepreneur Venture Funding Finance Books 273

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

This means they have to go beyond insecure gig work and offer people the trappings traditionally associated with a career. As such employees often have career opportunities within the company. Team leaders and account managers often begin life on the front line, and many of those who don’t move up internally go back to school.

Power 71

Power Ethics Venture Funding Quality 71

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Azeem Azhar speaks to Andreessen Horowitz general partner Andrew Chen about their parallel career moves – from tech insiders to authors.

Career 10

Career Venture Funding Advertising Media 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

They want the enterprise as a whole to be successful, but are more motivated by the challenges of their particular function and the ability to advance in their careers. In contrast, employees of large established firms operate with a different sense of risk and reward , reassured by financial security and structure.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Venture Funding Follow-up 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2016

But this is not nearly frequent enough for Deere and companies facing fierce competition for rare technical talent from venture-funded startups and big software and services competitors like Amazon and Google. It turned out the employee had concerns about his career development, which the manager was able to resolve.

Morale 12

Morale Metrics Motivation Venture Funding 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

Some of the gap can be attributed to career choice: more women than men choose to go into teaching and social work, for example, which pay less relative to "male" professions such as finance and technology. But career choice does not fully explain The Pay Paradox. Yet, we are paid 23% less than men on average. The Start Up Paradox.

Leadership Pipeline 8

Leadership Pipeline Short-term Venture Funding Career 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

Or so he thought, until one interaction changed the trajectory of his career. In 2015, at age 21, he founded a venture-funded for-profit start up, Stasis Labs , focused on proactive patient care. His life was set. Yet, the bulk of the hospital deaths in India happens outside of the ICUs. The episode had a deep impact on Dinesh.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Entrepreneur Innovation 8