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Community Financing Breathes Life into a New U.S. Manufacturing Firm

Harvard Business Review

Seed-stage financing for technology start-ups fell from 16% of total annual private equity investment in 1995 to just 1% in 2002 and recovered to only 4% in 2011, according to data compiled by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. Where did all that money go? based labor. manufacturing jobs.

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Social Media Demystified

N2Growth Blog

Blogging since 2002, being actively involved in digital marketing since the early 90′s, and being online since the days of the ARPANET I have a bit of history with most things digital. If you find all the noise around social media to be confusing, rest assured that you’re not alone.

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The (Postponed) End of the Dollar Era

Harvard Business Review

Some even argued that they'd caused the financial crisis. of GDP in 2011. is a big shortfall — one that takes hundreds of billions of dollars of new foreign capital every year to finance — and the gap shows no signs of shrinking further. — on the other were a big topic a couple years ago. Still, 3.1%

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The Big Picture of Business – What Business Must Learn: Putting.

Strategy Driven

Business and organizational stories do not hit the public consciousness until there is a crisis. billion as the stock market plummeted, amid a crisis of investor confidence. A major report to the United Nations Millennium Summit calls for changes in the way in which peacekeeping operations are organized and financed.

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The Problem With Coaching | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

They are able to play the role of ambassador, emissary, influencer, coach, facilitator, expediter, lobbyist, buffer/shield, crisis manager, negotiator, publicist, strategist, tactician, mentor, consultant, counselor, collaborative thinker and in some cases partner, based upon what the client needs.

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