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The Top Five Career Regrets

Harvard Business Review

The group was diverse: I spoke with a 39-year-old managing director of a large investment bank, a failing self-employed photographer, a millionaire entrepreneur, and a Fortune 500 CEO. Whoever called them golden handcuffs wasn't joking. I wish I had quit earlier. You can't ever get those years back.". The logical answer?

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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

But let’s change what we’re asking: Which has the better potential to scale up and create long term value for customers, owners, investors, and employees? Manage culture by setting expectations appropriately. Manage the arduously long sales cycle. No doubt the tech startup wins the popularity contest hands down.