N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

Mike has served as an advisor to hundreds of Fortune 500 CEOs since launching N2Growth in 2005, and the company has grown into a global consultancy firm with 40 locations spanning five continents. The six I’s stand for individual, innovation, information, incubation, intelligence, and investment. “We Next, the ideas are incubated.

Innovation 210

Innovation Strategy Competitive Advantage Incubator 210

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Despite this importance, they’re an often overlooked group, as they’re not considered sufficiently high growth to attract the wide range of VC-led support that fuels accelerators, incubators, and corporate venturing.

Engineering 141

Engineering Innovation Incubator Open-book 141

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

When IBM sold its PC division to Lenovo in 2005, many people questioned the wisdom of divesting a successful business, especially one that IBM had worked so hard to create. Testing, incubating, and investing in alternative models hedges against that possibility. These businesses now make up more than half the company.

Business Model 16

Business Model Incubator Supply Chain Welch 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

Moreover, they are commonly misunderstood or mistakenly lumped in with other institutions supporting early-stage startups, such as incubators, angel investors, and early-stage venture capitalists. based accelerators in existence during the 2005–2015 period. Yet the confusion is real, including within the startup sector itself.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Incubator Finance Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Kauffman research has shown that in some years (1985-2005), young firms have been responsible for as much as two-thirds of new American jobs. According to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, America’s leading entrepreneurship think tank, young companies (including startups)—not old ones–are what matters for job creation.

Incubator 11

Incubator Entrepreneur Venture Funding Policies 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

When IBM sold its PC division to Lenovo in 2005, many people questioned the wisdom of divesting a successful business, especially one that IBM had worked so hard to create. Testing, incubating, and investing in alternative models hedges against that possibility. These businesses now make up more than half the company.

Business Model 8

Business Model Incubator Supply Chain Welch 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. Unfortunately, this virtuous cycle appears to be broken. Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. And wages are stagnant.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15