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I Joined Airbnb at 52, and Here’s What I Learned About Age, Wisdom, and the Tech Industry

Harvard Business Review

The tech sector, which has become as famous for toxic company cultures as for innovation, and as well-known for human resource headaches as for hoodie-wearing CEOs, could use a little of the mellowness and wisdom that comes with age. I imagined myself as a cultural anthropologist, intrigued and fascinated by this new habitat.

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What Big Companies Can Learn from the Success of the Unicorns

Harvard Business Review

The term “unicorns,” coined, in 2013, by Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures , is commonly used to identify venture-backed private companies valued at $1 billion or more. But to realize this potential, established companies will need to fundamentally revisit their business models and cultures. Financed by VC firms.

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How Israeli Startups Can Scale

Harvard Business Review

As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. Somewhat counterintuitively, they argue that mandatory military service helps build entrepreneurial culture. billion in 2013. Both cohorts can bridge cultural and geographical gaps.

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Lessons from Yelp’s Empirical Approach to Diversity

Harvard Business Review

Beginning in 2013, a handful of tech companies (including Yelp, where some of us work, Google, LinkedIn, and Facebook) began to research and release data on the diversity of their workforces. The percentage of technical positions filled by women at Yelp in the U.S. The numbers were grim. has increased from 10% to 18%.