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How People Analytics Can Help You Change Process, Culture, and Strategy

Harvard Business Review

The people analytics team was surprised — as was finance team in that country, which had no reason to benchmark themselves against other countries and had no idea that they were such a bright spot. Feedback loops and other methods of data-driven storytelling are our favorite way that people analytics makes culture transformation happen.

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44 Content Marketing Agencies Defined by 65 Marketers

Miles Anthony Smith

” The bottom line is that most people don’t want to be “sold” by an ad anymore; they want to develop a relationship where a business earns their purchase by offering invaluable content. It leads to a higher search engine visibility through stronger online authority (links and social shares).

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Entrepreneurship: A Working Definition

Harvard Business Review

Technology risk is high when engineering or scientific breakthroughs are required to bring a solution to fruition. Financing risk relates to whether external capital will be available on reasonable terms. Demand risk relates to prospective customers' willingness to adopt the solution envisioned by the entrepreneur.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

Transformational CEOs Tend to be “Insider Outsiders” The list is topped by companies headed by visionary founders with no prior experience in their industries; Jeff Bezos came from the world of finance, and Reed Hastings from software. The same was true of Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen.

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What Does an Aspiring Founder Need to Know?

Harvard Business Review

Alice, an outstanding 24-year-old engineer working for a top technology company, wants to launch her own startup within the next five years, but she doesn’t yet have a venture concept. The skills most frequently mentioned as crucial during early stages include product design and development, pitching, and assembling a founding team.