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Why Some Entrepreneurs Don't Know When to Quit

Ed Batista

In order to succeed you must be exceedingly driven, but if you're too driven you're likely to die. Despite the unusual setting, McMullen and Kier believe the Everest disaster holds some important lessons for entrepreneurs, who, like expedition leaders, must decide at regular intervals whether or not to persist in a risky pursuit.

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the $15,000 coffee fund, the cheapskate executives, and other stories of office coffee wars

Alison Green

There was $15,000 sitting in the coffee account (you didn’t read that wrong). There was a shelf set up nearby where we had our choice of decaf, french roast, kona, breakfast blend, salted caramel, and highlanger grogg. The ticket I work for a giant tech company that, unlike our giant tech company peers, doesn’t offer free food.

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