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Entrepreneurship Suffers When Well-Paid Jobs Are Plentiful

The Horizons Tracker

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. This would have less of an impact on higher-skilled entrepreneurs, for whom the decline has been most pronounced. High-skilled entrepreneurs.

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The Basic Principles of Strategy Haven’t Changed in 30 Years

Harvard Business Review

The basic principles are: If you want to earn above the cost of capital (if you want to create value), you must get a higher return on your efforts than the average competitor. Every day entrepreneurs find new ways of getting higher prices than competitors or of reducing costs below those of competitors. Insight Center.

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How Blockchain Is Changing Finance

Harvard Business Review

Done right, ICOs can not only improve the efficiency of raising money, lowering the cost of capital for entrepreneurs and investors, but also democratize participation in global capital markets. If the world of venture capital can change radically in one year, what else can we transform?