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Why Are Immigrants More Entrepreneurial?

Harvard Business Review

When Dietrich Mateschitz traveled to Thailand in the 1980s, he observed the popularity of a cheap energizing drink called Krating Daeng among truck drivers and construction workers. It suggests that public money may be better spent on building incubators for migrant entrepreneurs than on building border walls.

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A New Model for Innovation in Big Companies

Harvard Business Review

Masala has been at Kuoni, a leading travel services company, since 2007, and is known for frequently shaking things up. In essence, OneLeap runs something like an accelerated competition and incubator inside the company. A Different Approach. While that may be true in terms of financial luxury, this perception can also be misleading.