And my career development work includes starting my own firm, which I had never expected to do.

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At the G8 summit, I'm going to encourage world leaders to increase their own investments in research and development.

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And when I look back at my own tenure as the CEO of my own company, I realize that most of the skills that made me successful in product development, marketing, management, or just collecting our receivables were just footnotes to that crash course in human nature that I got from sales.

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And if you have any doubt about the importance of this federal investment in research and development, I would suggest that you talk to the cutting-edge businesses in your own states.

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Along similar lines, I created my own foundation in June 2006 which is dedicated to both the protection of the environment and sustainable development.

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