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Newsletter #25: What Business Leaders Can Learn From Elite Olympic Athletes
Sue Mysko
August 15, 2024
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SCALE UP Newsletter #25
Welcome to Scale Up, the smarter way to grow with fractional executives.
In this edition:
🏋️ What Business Leaders Can Learn From Elite Olympic Athletes
🧑‍💼 What Female Entrepreneurs From The 19th Century Teach Us About The Modern Economy
🚀 Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made?
Let’s dive right in. 👇🏼
PODCAST: What Female Entrepreneurs Of The 19th Century Can Teach Us About The Modern Economy
Marketplace’s Kristen Schwab spoke with Ruveyda Nur Gozen, a research economist at the London School of Economics who has studied female entrepreneurs of the 19th century, about how she and her research partners backed into a dataset on women-owned manufacturing businesses and what it can teach us about the economy today.
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Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made?
Why do people start a business or enterprise? To solve a problem and make money from day one.
Read this book review on “The Essential Entrepreneur” written by Richard Turner, where he shares important tips from certain chapters, particularly those the author thinks can be applied in the Pacific setting.
Intel Was Once A Silicon Valley Leader. How Did It Fall So Far?
The semiconductor manufacturer announced huge job cuts and a dividend pause after losing out on AI.
As the company’s recent announcements indicate, Intel is no longer the innovative leader it once was.
How did things get so bad for Intel?
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What Business Leaders Can Learn From Elite Olympics Athletes
Sports clarify the truths—especially the competitive truths—of being human. That’s why the Olympics are irresistible. In a confined space and time, athletes do what we do at work, teaming with comrades to achieve goals while powerful opponents try to stop them.
Even better, all the people in the Olympics are practically superhuman.
What lessons can executives distill from this spectacle?
