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VCs See Gold Rush in the HR Tech Scene

HR Digest

Once upon a time, HR tech scene was as dull and vapid as getting ghosted by a recruiter in a slow job market. A handful of companies dominated the market, all them strong, pedestrian. But recent years have seen an explosion of interest in the global human resource (HR) technology market, particularly in North America.

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Three Year-End Innovation Takeaways from Asia

Harvard Business Review

I argued a few months ago that the innovation axis was shifting from the West to the East. Silicon Valley remains the global hot spot of innovation, and America continues to churn out innovative companies like Groupon and Bloom Energy. Chinese companies like BYD are well positioned to lead the electrical vehicle market.

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6 Ways to Keep Good Ideas from Dying at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

Anyone who has worked inside a large organization can rattle off a lengthy list of the things that regularly kill promising ideas: conflict with existing businesses, naysayers, management turmoil, insufficient resources. Here are six ways to change that. Start with a survey. But the most common cause of death they reported?

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Why Are Immigrants More Entrepreneurial?

Harvard Business Review

Mateschitz spent considerable time overseas as a marketing salesman prior to founding Red Bull. Additionally, discrimination against immigrants in labor markets may exert pressure on them to seek self-employment. Apart from their success as entrepreneurs, they all share one distinct characteristic: extensive cross-cultural experience.

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What if a Company Maximized Jobs Over Profits?

Harvard Business Review

All over Silicon Valley, venture capitalists are asking entrepreneurs “How scalable is your business model?” Find Your Market. Friedman recommends looking for markets where work has been off-shored or automated, and that have low capital requirements. Entrepreneurship Human resources Social enterprise'

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

Make you more innovative. The sidebar “The Innovator’s Network Dilemma” presents convincing data that bears out this observation. The Innovator''s Network Dilemma A study by University of Chicago sociologist Ron Burt demon­strates the cost of inbred networks. Get in touch with a venture capitalist.

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