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Five Ways to Tell Stories That Stick
5 Ways To Tell Stories That Stick Whether pitching to the sharks on "Shark Tank," at a business competition, or to a venture fund, the real power in a successful venture pitch comes from telling a compelling narrative story.
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September 4, 2015

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Can the Collaborative Economy Fix Climate Change? How collaborative economy ventures, including car-sharing platforms such as BlaBlaCar, Lyft, and Uber, are helping combat climate change.
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August 31, 2015

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Addicted to Entrepreneurship
Exploring the Psychological Side of Repeat Entrepreneurship Is entrepreneurship addictive? Research explores, and attempts to answer, that very question.
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March 26, 2015

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Objective Entrepreneur
How to Become an Objective Entrepreneur Entrepreneurs can be so tied up in their ventures and blinded by unyielding passion that often they don’t see things clearly and therefore can’t respond objectively.
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March 16, 2015

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Why the Big Pharma Business Model Must Change Big Pharma is in the middle of a perfect storm of disaster. Changing it's business model is the only way the industry will weather the storm.
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February 3, 2015

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5 Ways Auditors Can Overcome Confirmation Bias Confirmation bias, one of five common judgment biases, has the potential to lead auditors up an incorrect path.
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February 1, 2015

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Venture Capital Gender Gap
Changing the Status Quo in Venture Capital Only about 1% of all businesses in the United States ever receive venture financing, and for women, the slice of the VC pie is even smaller.
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January 26, 2015

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Creating Social Value
Writing the Book on Creating Social Value When Cheryl Kiser began teaching a graduate course called Social Value Creation Matters three years ago, neither she nor her students could have predicted that their classroom discussions were laying the groundwork for a book.
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April 22, 2014

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Entrepreneurial Employee
Advice for Managing Entrepreneurial Employees Five findings about employee entrepreneurs from Babson College's 2011 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report.
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March 3, 2014

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A New Definition of Success
A New Definition of Success Losing a dear aunt to cancer helped Kelly Murphy Greeley realize that her career could be more meaningful and fulfilling if she were working for a cause.
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February 7, 2014

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