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Career Failure Guest Post Management Scaling Team

Four Ways To Launch (Affordable) Learning Culture

Training is important, obviously, but at the typical startup, the day-to-day challenge of keeping the doors open trumps longer-term investments. But just like in so many other areas, resource constraints can be an opportunity to spark new ways to train teams and support their learning.

Jessica LaxJuly 14, 2014

Career Failure Fundraising Investment Pitching Team

It’s Hard To Tell Someone They Suck

It’s hard to say “you suck” or “your team sucks” as a reason for passing.…

Brad FeldJuly 8, 2014

Development Technology

How Technology Can Unleash India’s Full Potential

Indians are fed up with government inaction and corruption. They want accountability, better education for their children, improved health care, and economic prosperity. And they want change now.

Vivek WadhwaJuly 7, 2014

Development Emerging Markets Poverty

Who Will Grab the Fortune at the Base of the Pyramid?

Major corporations have demonstrated no meaningful interest in the bottom-of-the-pyramid market, and it seems unlikely to do so in the future because it squanders resources. Who will fix this disconnect?

Paul PolakJuly 3, 2014

Management Team

Refactoring the Mirrortocracy—How to Build a Better Team

If you want a more effective team, you'll need a more effective hiring process—one that evolves to build on successes, correct for failures, and incorporate more diverse skill sets.

Carlos BuenoJuly 2, 2014

Social Innovation: Celebrating the Unpolished

If you’re keen for a taste of what life is like as an entrepreneur, publish a book. Read the key insights this entrepreneur gained after publishing his first book.

Ken BanksJuly 1, 2014

Career

CSR—Where Do You Draw the Line?

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard has famously limited his company’s growth to avoid having too large an environmental impact. (The brand has even run ad campaigns asking people not to buy stuff from Patagonia unless they really need it.) Would you make a similar decision if your company scaled up? When would you know the time for such a decision had come?

John BradleyJune 27, 2014

Africa Development Policy Poverty Technology

Why Entrepreneurs Will Beat Multinationals to the Bottom of the Pyramid

Success in nascent markets requires a commitment to agility and constant refinement. Entrepreneurs bypass the bureaucracy of multinational corporations leaving them better equipped to fight for those at the bottom of the pyramid.

Paul PolakJune 26, 2014

Career Technology

Come On, Silicon Valley, You Can Do Better Than This

Forget building silly apps such as Yo. Silicon Valley needs to take on a grand challenge, such as serving the millions who go without clean water.

Vivek WadhwaJune 25, 2014

Career Failure

Pascal’s Wager: Bet On Yourself

You have this one lifetime of potential happiness, and you'd be a fool to bet on anything less than going for it! Are you willing to wager on your happiness?

Pascal FinetteJune 25, 2014

Career Emerging Markets Technology

Jack White, Entrepreneurship, and
Re-emerging Technologies

The latest issue of the Economist highlights old businesses and technologies that should, according to the theory of disruptive innovation, be dead or dying—think: mechanical watches, local bookstores, vinyl records. Yet these and other traditional industries are enjoying huge revivals. What gives?

John BradleyJune 23, 2014

Career

Why You Should See Uncertainty As Opportunity

Compartmentalization might speed things up on an assembly line, but it forces us into silos. And silos destroy creativity, context, and perspective—all things we need to thrive in an increasingly complex and interconnected world. Design for social innovation is the answer to that dilemma.

Cheryl HellerJune 20, 2014

Debunking Metrics & Evaluation

Shooting Down the Theory of Disruptive Innovation

If you haven’t already, go read Jill Lepore’s surgical evisceration of “disruptive innovation” theory and of the theory’s leading proponent, Clayton Christensen. I can’t recommend it enough for anyone even remotely interested in startups, innovation, and business theory.

John BradleyJune 19, 2014

Career Failure Mentorship

What’s the Worst that Can Happen?

Fear of failure is why some of the best companies are never built, why some of the most important discoveries are never made and why people spend forty years in jobs they hate. So, ask yourself: what's the worst that can happen?

Pascal FinetteJune 19, 2014

Career Technology

Silicon Valley’s Boom-Bust Cycle

Today startups are household names, and entrepreneurs and VCs are treated like celebrities. There are reasons why Silicon Valley is having a moment and by understanding them we can also understand how long it will last and what will follow.

Chris YehJune 12, 2014

Career

Listening to Your Gut – Let’s Give it the Credit it Deserves

When was the last time you regretted a decision you made based on "going with your gut?" Probably never. That's why it's time to think of “listening to your gut” as “listening to your faster intelligence.”

Daniel EpsteinJune 6, 2014

Emerging Markets Health Mobile Technology

Innovation Out Of Necessity Is Alive And Well

Living with first world amenities can cloud an individual's perspective on innovation. Switch the lens through which you view innovation, and take note of where it is taking place all around the world.

Ken BanksMay 14, 2014

Have You Left Words Unsaid?

Life is like a coin. You can spend it how you like, but you can only spend it once. While we need to be careful about what we say, we also need to make sure we don't wait for another chance that never comes. Here's why.

Mark AlbionApril 25, 2014

opinion Archives - Page 4 of 9 - Unreasonable

Four Ways To Launch (Affordable) Learning Culture

It’s Hard To Tell Someone They Suck

How Technology Can Unleash India’s Full Potential

Who Will Grab the Fortune at the Base of the Pyramid?

Refactoring the Mirrortocracy—How to Build a Better Team

Social Innovation: Celebrating the Unpolished

CSR—Where Do You Draw the Line?

Why Entrepreneurs Will Beat Multinationals to the Bottom of the Pyramid

Come On, Silicon Valley, You Can Do Better Than This

Pascal’s Wager: Bet On Yourself

Jack White, Entrepreneurship, and
Re-emerging Technologies

Why You Should See Uncertainty As Opportunity

Shooting Down the Theory of Disruptive Innovation

What’s the Worst that Can Happen?

Silicon Valley’s Boom-Bust Cycle

Listening to Your Gut – Let’s Give it the Credit it Deserves

Innovation Out Of Necessity Is Alive And Well

Have You Left Words Unsaid?

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