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Developing A Winning Strategy For Real Estate Entrepreneurs

Strategy Driven

For the ambitious entrepreneur looking for a great idea, have you ever considered real estate? From rental properties to flipping homes, there are many options you can explore in the real estate industry. When you wholesale real estate , you agree to a purchasing agreement with a motivated seller.

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The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light

Harvard Business Review

Research by Cornell University Professor Dr. Alan Hedge reinforces the connection of natural light and employee wellbeing. Dr. Hedge’s recent research study found optimization of natural light in an office significantly improves health and wellness among workers. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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The Salary Gap Between Stingy and Generous Companies Is Growing

Harvard Business Review

The increasing inequality between companies is sharpest in finance, insurance, and real estate, followed by communications. So rising inequality is less about every CEO getting paid more than it is about the top finance executives leaving their peers in the dust. And it is most pronounced for the highest paid workers.

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Questioning Claims That Are Too Good to Be True

Harvard Business Review

After one hedge fund I know had a horrendous quarter, the managers wrote to clients, saying that they were concentrating 70% of the entire fund into only five stocks. I recently encountered an illustrative case of overclaiming that could translate easily across industries.

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Superbosses Aren’t Afraid to Delegate Their Biggest Decisions

Harvard Business Review

These “ superbosses ,” as I called them, spanned dozens of industries and included legendary figures such as fast casual restaurant magnate Norman Brinker, packaged foods titan Michael Miles, tech mogul Larry Ellison, hedge fund pioneer Julian Robertson, media icon Oprah Winfrey, and a host of others. Julian Robertson did.

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The Key to Adaptable Companies Is Relentlessly Developing People

Harvard Business Review

In the course of research for their recent book , Harvard scholars Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey (and three other researchers including myself) studied three highly successful companies – Bridgewater (hedge funds), Decurion (movie theaters, real estate, and senior living), and Next Jump (e-commerce).

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Case Study: The Ex-CEO Contemplates a Coup

Harvard Business Review

But my youngest uncle worked behind the scenes to make sure that his sons, Fred, Roy, and Bill, were given executive positions in the operating units despite their obvious shortcomings. Nonfamily managers were elevated to executive positions and invited to become shareholders, although family members still owned the majority of shares.