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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. I appreciate your post and using your influence in such a meaningful way. "Hard to Believe But Impossible to Forget" [link]. Tomorrow is day we should never forget.

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The Future Economy Project: Q&A with Marne Levine

Harvard Business Review

Several years later, in 2001, I was working as chief of staff to then-Harvard University President Larry Summers when we unveiled Harvard’s Sustainability Principles. My husband was one of the earliest investors in alternative energy technologies in the U.S., How does that influence the company’s priorities?

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14 Principles that Made Amazon

Skip Prichard

Steve Anderson spent his career in the insurance industry focused on risk and business growth. He is a leading authority on insurance, risk management, technology, and innovation. Bezos invited Collins to Amazon a few months before Collin’s book was published in 2001 to teach the senior leadership team the flywheel concept.

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Fixing the Malaise in U.S. High Tech

Harvard Business Review

What has kept our standard of living one of the highest in the world is our ability to find new ways of doing things; invent exciting and disruptive technologies; and create captivating novel products, processes, and services that delight customers. In 2001, Xilinx's business drop like a rock. I authorized them to continue their work.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. The company was quite active in the Houston community for many of the right reasons…but took its controls and influence too far. I advised several technology companies during their gravy years.