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One of my favorite quotes about entrepreneurship comes from Lori Greiner: “Entrepreneurs are willing to work 80 hours a week to avoid working 40 hours a week." Why do we do this? Many entrepreneurs ...

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Does being an honors student mean you’ll be a great employee? New research suggests maybe, but that’s not the only factor that matters. In a soon-to-publish article in the Journal of Applied ...