January 2023
Intermediate to advanced
248 pages
3h 45m
English
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Notes
1 Edward de Bono. The Use of Lateral Thinking, Jonathan Cape, 1967
2 Edward de Bono. Sur/Petition, Macmillan, 1992
3 Matthew Syed. Rebel Ideas: The power of thinking differently, John Murray, 2021
4 Irving Janis. Groupthink: Psychological studies of policy decisions and fiascoes, Houghton Mifflin, 1982
5 Randall Lane. You Only Have to Be Right Once: The rise of the instant billionaires behind Spotify, Airbnb, WhatsApp and 13 other amazing startups, Penguin, 2016
6 Job Creators – The Entrepreneurs Network
7 Arnobio Morelix, Chris Jackson and Inara Tareque. Want to be like Silicon Valley? Welcome immigrant entrepreneurs, Kauffman Foundation, 7 October 2016
8 Stuart Anderson. Immigrants, Nobel Prizes and the American Dream, Forbes, 14 October ...
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