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““entrepreneurship should be considered a viable career path for innovators inside large organizations.””

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Learning is the essential unit of progress for startups.

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Going to university is, and should be, so much more than a mechanical process of grinding out a degree qualification for a pre-determined career…

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“Actually, the books were never a planned career path. Jamie Lee Curtis”

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“It's the environment that rules, whether you like it or not.”

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Instead of going into politics, I decided to go into comedy, which is the second most daunting career path for a woman.

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“My career path, if it were printed out like an EKG reading, would look like someone having a coronary seizure.”

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For so many generations, a woman's only career path was to marry well and to marry up. Those days have changed.

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“Your education is important because with only a few words you can show an employer the depth of your potential.”

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