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In a 2021 study by Korn Ferry and the Executive Leadership Council, more than 80% of the Black profit-and-loss leaders interviewed said a sponsor had been indispensable to their career progression. Half said they had deliberately sought challenging projects with…

In 1987, ophthalmologist Patricia Bath had an invention and a problem: moving it toward use in cataract surgery required clinical trials, and she said a major manufacturer would need to fund them. Her U.S. patent for the Laserphaco Probe arrived…