Startup Forever: How to Build a Startup Culture in a Big Company
By Sahar Hashemi
Troubador Publishing, 144 pages, £10.99
How to
February 26, 2019
How to build a startup culture in a big company
Sifted extracts the top 10 tips from Sahar Hashemi's new book on corporate entrepreneurship.
5 min read
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