YOUR CAREER

In an era of high unemployment and limited opportunity, more Americans are taking matters into their own hands and going to work for themselves out of their homes.

We need a window-rattling, world-beating blastoff that represents a giant leap — and which ensures that every girl in America takes a high-quality computer science course before she graduates from high school.

The fact that a primary-care doctor in the U.S. earns less than half of what a radiologist or dermatologist earns is insane.

Cool Works, based in Gardiner on the banks of the Yellowstone River, is one of the largest online job boards in the country for "cool" jobs such as positions in national parks, at ranches and ski areas and with rafting companies.

Job candidates haven’t gotten the message. A whopping 80 percent of the American public surveyed by Gallup say they think their alma mater is important.

A new study published this week in the Harvard Business Review, which provides a snapshot over time of the demographics and career trajectories of Fortune 100 executives, shows how much the boardroom is definitely changing.

Here are my recommendations on how and why initiating a startup while looking, or about to be looking, for a job is the right thing to do: