SAP Commits $1 Billion to Invest in Global Tech Startups
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With over 100 million monthly players, this is officially the biggest game in the world
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Companies would benefit from helping introverts to thrive MOST companies worry about discriminating against their employees on the basis of race, gender or sexual preference. But they give little thought to their shabby treatment of introverts. Carl Jung spotted the distinction between introverts and extroverts in 1921. Psychometric tests such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator consistently show that introverts make up between a third and a half of the population. Susan Cain’
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