This practice is thus based entirely on indigenous knowledge and informal experimentation.

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These networks of relationships span companies, industry sectors and even countries, creating an informal web of contacts, knowledge and influence.

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It has been noted that women are responsible for half of the human knowledge and technical expertise as informal agriculturalists, gardeners, animal-breeders, managers of their community resources as well as technological innovators and agents of change.

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Charley Casserly, the former general manager of the Washington Redskins, said that despite widespread claims that informal bounty arrangements have existed in the league for decades, he never had any direct knowledge of their existence at any of his teams or at other teams in the league.

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Although these defectors bring contacts and a close knowledge of the inner workings of the drug industry, they often struggle in the informal, more Spartan atmosphere of a biotech start-up.

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These can be formal or informal boards, but the key idea is that a founder should surround herself with diverse individuals who can impart their knowledge and experience to help navigate roadblocks and challenges.

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