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The Ghost Workers Powering The AI Economy

The Horizons Tracker

Suffice to say, the very nature of the Hult Prize means that the company are at a very nascent stage of their development, but one organization that is further along their journey are San Francisco-based social enterprise Samasource, who work with gig workers in India, Kenya and Uganda to provide ethical access to the AI marketplace.

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The Innovation Mismatch: "Smart Capital" and Education Innovation

Harvard Business Review

The capital markets that fund education innovation — both for-profit and nonprofit — are largely broken. When for-profit investors fund technology solutions, they naturally seek good returns on their investments. We tried it at the NewSchools Venture Fund, where I used to work. That's no way to build a market.

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Why John Deere Measures Employee Morale Every Two Weeks

Harvard Business Review

With the rapid development of the Internet of Things , incorporating up-to-the-minute digital technology has become critical to its product innovation. They do this with methods proven useful in accelerating software development, such as “ Agile ,” and which are increasingly being used for hardware product development, too.

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How to Manage People Who Are Smarter than You

Harvard Business Review

“It’s a beginning of the shift in your career.” “There’s nothing wrong with asking for reassurance,” and the answers “will give you insight into your strengths and the development needs of your reports.” Find a way to add value to your team and help employees advance their careers.

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Innovative Companies Get Their Best Ideas from Academic Research — Here’s How They Do It

Harvard Business Review

To account for its success, many point to America’s entrepreneurial culture, its tolerance for failure and its unique ecosystem of venture funding. While private companies employ some excellent scientists, most of America’s scientific research is publicly funded. ” Yet that poses a problem for managers.

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

But the conditions seemed to be ripe for one to develop. ” In my first year in Singapore we might hear news about a company landing venture funding every few months, and an exit (cashing out either through an IPO or by selling itself to a larger company) every year. You’ll never find any interesting deals there.”

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3 Entrepreneurs Who Made It Their Mission to Lower Health Care Costs

Harvard Business Review

Or so he thought, until one interaction changed the trajectory of his career. Dinesh’s grandfather developed complications between the checks and passed away. In 2015, at age 21, he founded a venture-funded for-profit start up, Stasis Labs , focused on proactive patient care. His life was set.