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Interns to the Rescue! :: Women on Business

Women on Business

By Susan Gunelius Guest post by Abby Marks Beale (learn more about Abby at the end of this post) As a solo entrepreneur, I have learned to spend my time on those things I major in (activities I am good at and like to do) while parceling out the things I minor in (tasks I am not good at or don’t enjoy) to those who have the expertise (and interest!).

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Volkswagen and the End of Corporate Spin

Harvard Business Review

There are complex social, political, and technological reasons for this dramatic change. At the technological level, the explosion of the Internet and social media has made the world more transparent, and has meant that organizations in both the public and private spheres are being forced to face new information-sharing challenges.

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14 Principles that Made Amazon

Skip Prichard

He is a leading authority on insurance, risk management, technology, and innovation. In the 1998 letter he has a section titled Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History where he details the guidelines Amazon uses to decide who to hire. Failure comes part and parcel with invention” (Bezos 2013 letter).

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