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Articles: Venture Capital Firms in America: Their Caste System and Other Secrets 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
While American venture capital firms are coated with an aura of glamor they are also shrouded by a cloud of mystery. Just how do they operate? How do they raise their money? Why do some VC firms succe...
Quotes: David Morse 24 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Launching a product shouldn’t be like having a gauntlet to run, but rather having a series of people holding water for the person running the marathon, getting behind them, coaching them, and particip...
Prospective MBA Resources: GMAT Tip: What Geometry Questions Really Measure 24 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
You may not use geometry every day, but GMAT measures it to see how creatively you solve problems. Source: BusinessWeek Subject: GMAT
Articles: "Fidel," Sam Mendes, and Phil Jackson 24 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
There are many things you can do to avoid failing as a manager. You can set clear expectations. You can highlight the underlying purpose of people's work. You can correct people when they do something...
Articles: Charles O’Reilly: Why Some Companies Seem to Last Forever 23 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
The key, says a professor of organizational behavior, is to manage existing business lines and prepare for change simultaneously. Author: Charles O'Reilly Source: Stanford Knowledgebase Subject: Orga...
Quotes: Nelson Mandela 21 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. Subject: Communication
Prospective MBA Resources: GMAT Tip: Avoiding a Common Critical Reasoning Trap 21 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
The GMAT's "plan/strategy" questions trip up test-takers more often than most. Here's a tip for making sure that doesn't happen to you. Source: BusinessWeek Subject: GMAT
Articles: For Real Influence, Listen Past Your Blind Spots 19 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
To invite genuine buy-in and engagement, we need to listen with a strong personal motive to learn and understand. But we have a "blind spot" in our brains that gets in the way. What we hear is easily ...
Quotes: Arthur Schopenhauer 18 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world. Subject: Personal Development, Thought, Ability
Articles: Why Things Fail: From Tires to Helicopter Blades, Everything Breaks Eventually 18 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Product failure is deceptively difficult to understand. It depends not just on how customers use a product but on the intrinsic properties of each part—what it’s made of and how those materials respon...
