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What would you like to see in the future? Some common answers to this question might include a cure for cancer or other chronic diseases, or technologies that can help feed the world in ways that are Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Authors: Lisa Auster-Gussman and Daniel Forbes
In 2003 Noam Wasserman introduced the term “Paradox of Success” to describe how software company founders were more likely to be replaced as their startups attracted more capital or went Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Authors: Jon Eckhardt , Marc Junkunc and Mingxiang Li
It’s been said (ruefully) that Ginger Rogers had to perform the same dance moves as Fred Astaire, only backwards and in high heels. Unfortunately, this also holds true for women seeking Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Joe Keeley, founder of College Nannies and Tutors (CNT), hung up the phone. Another insurance company had declined to underwrite the coverage he needed for CNT to expand; he had contacted over forty Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Author: Mark Spriggs
“Every age has a theory about the past and the present, of what was and what is, a notion of time: a theory of history…Our era has disruption… [1] ” – Jill Lepore, David Woods Kemper ’41 Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Author: Andrew King
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it." - W.C. Fields In the fall of 2010, Dejen Tesfiagiorgis sat in his tiny incubator office on Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Authors: Alec Johnson and Jay Ebben
In 2000, the New England Patriots football team chose University of Michigan quarterback Tom Brady in the sixth round of the draft. He became the starting quarterback barely two years later, and on Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Author: Jon Eckhardt
Health care is a hotly debated topic in the US -- how it's delivered, whether the government or employers pay for it, how research on promising new drugs is funded and other issues. "Innovation" is Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Author: Eapen Chacko
While king crab fishing is among the most dangerous and lucrative activities in the world, it is only recent technology that makes it possible to extract this bounty from the sea, from global Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Author: Sharon Alvarez
One of the benefits of achieving “late middle age” with a relatively intact brain is the perspective one has after participating in an industry for 40 years. My industry background has been Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Author: John Seaberg