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Remembering 9/11 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Mello Here's a link to a post I run each year at this time to make sure that I never forget the tragedy and heroism that took place on September 11, 2001. Join me in THANKS and in prayer for our Patriots, both domestically and abroad, who continue to fight valiently for the Freedoms we all enjoy!

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What Entrepreneurs Should Ask Themselves When an Economic Crisis Hits

Harvard Business Review

I interviewed them about one of the last big crises for startups: the dot-com crash of 2000-2001. Senapathy “Kris” Gopalakrishnan, a co-founder of the India-based Infosys, saw his company’s market value on NASDAQ drop 90% from 2000 to 2001. In 2006, CEO Kenny sold the company to Publicis for $1.3

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Warren Buffett’s Risky Final Bet

Harvard Business Review

Throughout his great career, Warren Buffett has made huge bets – for example, investing billions in Goldman Sachs during the financial meltdown of 2008. As he gives his shares to the Gates and other foundations, which he started doing in 2006, ownership control will – over time but inevitably – be dispersed to many owners.

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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

The Speed of Trust (2006) By Stephen M. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others Don’t (2001). The 7 Habits are: 1) Be proactive. 2) Begin with the end in mind. 3) Put first things first. 4) Think “win/win” 5) Seek first to understand, then to be understood. 6) Synergise. 7) Sharpen the Saw.

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Women in Power: Leadership Differences By Gender

Women on Business

Some of the respondents also mention women’s family responsibilities and their shortage of experience as detriments to a successful career. 2001, December). 2006, March 22). In the mean time the same research shows that 69 percent of respondents say that men and women are equally good leaders. References: Bunker, K. LiA, 25, 14.

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What Alan Greenspan Has Learned Since 2008

Harvard Business Review

Not long after Alan Greenspan stepped down as Federal Reserve chairman in 2006, global financial markets began to unravel. Greenspan had a long career as a private economic analyst and forecaster behind him when he was appointed Federal Reserve chairman in 1987. The man was in the mood for a monologue, which I have organized by topic.

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A History of the Job Listing and How It Just Died [Infographic]

Kevin Eikenberry

The When I Grow Up spot tapped into growing societal angst over the cubicle careers on offer in mainstream professional life and was the only commercial named to Time Magazine’s Best of TV list for that year. It worked: venture capital poured in and the growth propelled the company to a $436 million sale to Yahoo in 2001.

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