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Entrepreneurs Need a Better Way to Cash Out

Harvard Business Review

Big acquirers cash out founders, management teams get folded into big organizations, cashflows disappoint, and visions flounder. Ultimately, high-risk venture capital investors need to be rewarded, ideally with high returns, for an ecosystem of innovation to be sustainable.

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How Smart CEOs Use Social Tools to Their Advantage

Harvard Business Review

Big data and analytics can make organizations more efficient and agile by empowering middle-level and far-flung managers to make decisions and seize business opportunities that previously required scarce data and executive approval. Leadership & Managing people Technology Managing yourself'

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