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Jul 1
11m 16s

Ideas Are Easy. Now Comes the Hard Part.

Next Big Idea Club
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Let’s face it: ideas are a dime a dozen. Just about anyone can come up with a clever app, a market opportunity, or a product pitch over coffee. But building a real company? That’s the hard part. In her new book After the Idea: What It Really Takes to Create and Scale a Startup, Harvard Business School faculty member Julia Austin offers a rare, behind-the-sce ... Show More
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