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Hackers and Hummingbirds: Leadership Lessons from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Terry Starbucker

In his IPO letter Mark Zuckerberg wrote: “I started off by writing the first version of Facebook myself because it was something I wanted to exist. 2) Offer your employees a nontraditional career path that is based on their contributions and value-based behaviors, and not on their age or credentials. In that sense, everyone is equal.

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Top Online Jobs for Freelancers Revealed

Women on Business

Facebook jobs saw 11% growth, which is a big change from the 14% drop in Facebook jobs experienced during the second quarter or 2012 following the company’s poor IPO. Internet marketing jobs were up 12%. Social networking jobs grew 15% overall after stagnating at just 1% growth during the second quarter of 2012.

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Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm … on “Good Company”

The Practical Leader

participation in decision making and autonomy, along with supervisory career support (information, advice, and encouragement). “ Structural cohesion is an employee-generated synergy — essentially a close-knit, high-energy culture — that propels the company forward.”

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What to Do If Your Career Is Stalled and You Don’t Know Why

Harvard Business Review

. “Executive presence” was mentioned in several reviews as an improvement area, but without any specifics, Tom had no idea what the real issue was and how damaging it could be to his career. Often these pandas live on for years, seemingly innocent, but ultimately gnaw at the career trajectory of otherwise talented leaders.

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Founding a Company Doesn’t Have to be a Big Career Risk

Harvard Business Review

After five years, in 2004, Tickle was profitable with more than $20 million in revenue; it received an acquisition offer for $100 million, as well as IPO entreaties. The financial risk of a career in entrepreneurship is the chance of spending 20 years in startups with nothing to show for it — neither money nor an impact on the world.

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Just How Risky Is Entrepreneurship, Really?

Harvard Business Review

Steve Jobs , Mark Zuckerberg, and Michael Dell make fine fodder for commencement speeches, but when parents and career counselors thrust graduates into the job market, the default isn't entrepreneurship, it's corporate serfdom. A quarter of first-time venture-backed firms are acquired for at least $50 million or file for an IPO.

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What Entrepreneurs Should Ask Themselves When an Economic Crisis Hits

Harvard Business Review

After the stock market’s rocky ride in recent months, some analysts are wondering whether a new economic crisis might be around the corner. Senapathy “Kris” Gopalakrishnan, a co-founder of the India-based Infosys, saw his company’s market value on NASDAQ drop 90% from 2000 to 2001. Jonathan Knowles/Getty Images.

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