He also wants to hire people who will handle the emotional stresses of a start-up by working with others to solve problems rather than blowing off the stress by getting belligerent with co-workers.

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Filling a need means working towards something that is useful for others, which may or may not solve their problems in the strictest sense.

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Others say it appears GM believes it can solve its own problems without the added complexity of two partners.

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On open source projects, programmers build tools to solve specific problems, then make those tools freely available so others can use them and contribute their own improvements.

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Broaden your horizon and network with others who may be working to fill a need and solve big problems.

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And what humanists, social scientists, natural scientists, and military professionals too are all learning is that our use of language, metaphor, and definition shapes our understanding of the problems we seek to solve, opening some possible options for solutions while simultaneously closing off others.

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Like others, I recently sent him a proposal, which in my case, sets out to solve two main problems.

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