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Entrepreneurship Needs to Be a Bigger Part of U.S. Foreign Aid

Harvard Business Review

.” Laudable as these may be, USAID, the State Department, and other government agencies should really be backing programs that stimulate and support scalable, innovative, job-creating businesses – the kinds of companies that are antidotes to mass unemployment and economic hopelessness, not microfinance.

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How to Make Room in Your Work Life for the Rest of Your Self

Harvard Business Review

In her book, Expect to Win , Carla Harris provided examples of times that mentors in the organization helped her to showcase her multifaceted self, such as when one sponsor colleague invited her to sing at a work party. Similarly, we can all work to destabilize the shared narratives we have about what “it takes” to get ahead.

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