Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

She has faced many of these realities herself, during her career as an investment banker, deal maker, and business strategist. The “Secret&# of success is not just a great idea, a positive attitude, and venture funding. There’s a great chart in the book that breaks this down perfectly. But it’s rarely so.

Entrepreneur 273

Entrepreneur Venture Funding Finance Books 273

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

This means they have to go beyond insecure gig work and offer people the trappings traditionally associated with a career. As such employees often have career opportunities within the company. Team leaders and account managers often begin life on the front line, and many of those who don’t move up internally go back to school.

Power 75

Power Ethics Venture Funding Quality 75

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

They want the enterprise as a whole to be successful, but are more motivated by the challenges of their particular function and the ability to advance in their careers. To get back that "start-up spirit," he offered one million dollars in seed money to any manager who could turn an idea into a new business.

Innovation 16

Innovation Company Venture Funding Follow-up 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2016

More recently, online sites such as Glassdoor and Vault let HR managers view anonymized praises and complaints about their company from employees and former employees – comments the whole world can see. Deere managers call it a “motivation metric” or even a “happiness metric.” Why do they do this?

Morale 15

Morale Metrics Motivation Venture Funding 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2011

We tried it at the NewSchools Venture Fund, where I used to work. We brought together about a dozen chief academic officers from some of the highest-performing school systems and charter management organizations in the country and asked them what prevented them from dramatically improving their students' outcomes.

Education 16

Education Innovation Entrepreneur Venture Funding 16

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

The best managers hire smart people to work for them. How do you manage people who have more experience or more knowledge? “It’s a beginning of the shift in your career.” It’s natural to feel worried or insecure about your ability to manage someone who has superior experience or knowhow.

Management 8

Management How To CTO Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

Some of the gap can be attributed to career choice: more women than men choose to go into teaching and social work, for example, which pay less relative to "male" professions such as finance and technology. But career choice does not fully explain The Pay Paradox. Yet, we are paid 23% less than men on average. The Start Up Paradox.

Leadership Pipeline 9

Leadership Pipeline Short-term Venture Funding Career 9