Markets ready for the UK Autumn Statement economic outlook – the first since the Brexit vote – and look for more signs of how Italy’s key constitutional referendum might turn out. But again, sentiment is likely to be dominated by the fallout from the US election. David Pollard reports.
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By Chana R. Schoenberger Talk to the entrepreneurs who populate San Francisco, Silicon Valley or New York City’s Flatiron District, and you might think you’ve landed in a foreign country. The startup world is full of jargon that can sound odd—if not downright indecipherable—to outsiders.How well do you speak startup? Take this quiz and find out…
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By Brooke Anderson Three years ago, Priscilla Elora Sharuk was trying to help her grandmother, who had Alzheimer’s disease, deal with an everyday task that had become frustratingly difficult: remembering passwords for websites and software.Ms. Sharuk, an architect, told her computer-engineer friend, Antoine Jebara…
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By Morra Aarons-Mele Storytelling has always been a big part of American entrepreneurship. And it has been a powerfully positive one: the idea of the lone striver relentlessly pursuing his or her dream.But these days, the prevailing story we’re telling—in our companies, our media, our culture and to each other—does more harm than good…
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Is every small business worthy of government support?Small companies are a crucial engine of the economy. They constitute the vast majority of American companies. Yet since the financial crisis it has been difficult for many modest startups—those that have limited growth ambitions and that fly beneath the radar of big investors—to land traditional financing…
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By Louise Lee To a founder, maintaining control of a startup might be a good boost for the ego. But it often comes at a price: a lower valuation for the company.That’s the conclusion of a recent study by Noam Wasserman, former professor at Harvard Business School and now director of the Founder Central initiative at the University of Southern California…
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