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Scientists Working Outside Their Fields Are More Likely to Become Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

Similarly, some people move from technical to managerial positions in order to advance in their careers. Those jobs often demand less technical knowledge but can offer more pay, more responsibilities, and chances to develop new skills. Another possible reason for this higher rate of entrepreneurship is opportunity costs.

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As Machines Take Jobs, Companies Need to Get Creative About Making New Ones

Harvard Business Review

Jobs in retail, transportation, manufacturing, and agriculture are highly vulnerable to technological change. Shouldn’t the next autonomous truck company be cofounded by technologists and truck drivers? Shouldn’t next-generation autonomous farms be cofounded by technologists and farmers?

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4 Factors That Predict Startup Success, and One That Doesn’t

Harvard Business Review

This isn’t surprising, given other research about the performance of diverse teams; it’s a timely reminder of the importance of increasing female entrepreneurship and of the opportunity that VCs may be missing by continuing to disproportionately fund white men. Female-founded startups outperformed all-male teams.

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What Does an Aspiring Founder Need to Know?

Harvard Business Review

Respondents emphasized that the skills required by a founder change as their venture matures. Cofounders are crucial. ” Another added, “If you don’t get decisions about potential cofounders right — for example, if your cofounder is not fully committed — it will likely kill your company.”

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In Praise of Going it Alone

Harvard Business Review

Square , a financial services start-up created by Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey, markets its transaction processing services directly to consumers and small businesses via the Internet. A problem with partnerships full of inter-dependencies is that they are slow to make big changes.

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Why Some of the Most Groundbreaking Technologies Are a Bad Fit for the Silicon Valley Funding Model

Harvard Business Review

Over the past few decades, Silicon Valley has been such a powerful engine for entrepreneurship in technology that, all too often, it is considered to be some kind of panacea. All they had were some chemistry papers, scientific data, and an idea to change the world. This is a dangerous mindset.

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How Israeli Startups Can Scale

Harvard Business Review

But is all of that changing? Indeed, the pattern of scaling seems to be changing meaningfully in recent years. Although the technical team often remains in Israel, many of the executives interviewed recommend departing for the U.S. That’s disappointing for a country with so much potential. billion, compared to just $1.2