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Getting to the Top, by Kathryn Ullrich: A no-BS guide to career development and strategy

June 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Book Review

By Marylene Delbourg-Delphis @mddelphis Getting to the Top: Strategies for Career Success… It’s most everybody’s dream, and the title of a very useful book by Kathryn Ullrich, a high tech and consulting executive recruiter at Kathryn Ullrich & Associates located in the Silicon Valley. The book is the result of the Getting to the Top […]

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The Recession: An Awakening Experience; Conversation with Russell Willis Taylor

March 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Entrepreneurs, Talents, Innovators

The recession is bad for everyone. But is it worse for arts organizations? Yes and no. “We are in tough times in the arts just like everybody else,” says Russell Willis Taylor, CEO of National Arts Strategies. “Access to capital has always been difficult, and it’s not going to get easier. Even rich people don’t […]

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Frederic Kerrest: On the entrepreneurial path

January 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Entrepreneurs

It’s great to live one’s life in the fast lane, and even better to do so with a sense of purpose. This is what I like about Frederic Kerrest. Entrepreneurship is his passion, and everything he does is aimed at honing his skills to become an effective entrepreneur. From engineering to sales: “I didn’t like […]

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Eric Benhamou’s course at INSEAD: From start-up to Fortune 500

January 9th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Entrepreneurs

Eric Benhamou started to teach at INSEAD, one of the world’s leading business schools, in 2003. He recently completed his fifth year. “I am just beginning to get a feel of what it is to be a professor there, and every year, I enjoy it more,” he says. You have an impressive arsenal of degrees, and […]

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Non-stop startups: UMS, a noticeable NPO

November 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Entrepreneurs

Non-profit organizations (NPO) are all the more fascinating as they must be, if not “profitable,” at least capable of operating on budget and offer some form of moral earnings and satisfaction to their patrons. Just as any business, they must show real numbers in order to justify their existence and the continued involvement of donors […]

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