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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. The result has been the loss of millions of U.S. 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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Boards Aren’t the Right Way to Monitor Companies

Harvard Business Review

This idea has led to regulation such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002), as well as requirements by the NYSE and NASDAQ that boards have a majority of independent directors and that members on the audit committee have financial expertise. ” However, GE’s annual revenues last year were $117 billion, and it had over 300,000 employees.

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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. Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. billion as the stock market plummeted, amid a crisis of investor confidence. Operational Statistics.

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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. Ultimately, I agree with Peter.

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