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Choosing Management Consulting as a Career

Tom Spencer

Consulting is a knowledge-based industry. Many consultants have a commerce (business, finance, and economics), engineering or technology background. Individuals considered to be “ top talent” within their respective fields of study would be attracted to joining a company with similarly high calibre like-minded people.

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The Startups Most Likely to Succeed Have Technical Founders Who Quickly Hire Businesspeople

Harvard Business

The importance of talented employees for a young firm’s success is undisputed, yet we know relatively little about how exactly employees contribute to a startup’s success. But what kind of hires help ensure a startup’s success?

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Can African Tech Startups Succeed in a World Dominated by Facebook and Google?

Harvard Business

The impact has been consequential: ICT is rapidly moving Africa toward knowledge-based economic structures and information societies, comprising networks of individuals, firms, and states that are linked electronically and in interdependent relationships. Major investors, typically from outside the U.S.,