Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

We've extensively analyzed the applications to the Echoing Green fellowship between 2006 and 2011, and built a rich dataset that allows us to rigorously study trends in the field of social enterprise. Frogtek and many other hybrids sell goods and services, and rely on revenues to sustain and scale their operations.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Microfinance Market Segmentation Incubator 15

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Bill’s passion an his sales skills were clearly evident, but his presentation came across as a wannabe self-help guru more than a CEO of one of the world’s best software companies. Now that Bill will probably never speak to me again, here are the few gems that he passed along to the audience: Get better every day you live.

Blog 306

Blog Brand Media Influence 306

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Seed investors are mostly operating as growth investors, expecting that the entrepreneur will somehow manage to bridge the gap and bring a concept to realization. AgilOne, a company that provides cloud-based predictive customer analytics, was founded by Omer Artun in 2006. Today, AgilOne’s product is a software-as-a-service platform.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

MasterCard IPO’d in 2006, and Visa followed two years later. Around the world, though, many countries still have domestic payment networks that operate as not-for-profit platforms. A recent study found that SSOs published more than 200,000 standards between 1975 and 2011. Now they are very focused on making money.

IPO 8

IPO Succession Technology Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2014

The central battle pits Apple against everyone and everything involved with Android, Google’s open source operating system. Motorola (owned by Google since 2011) is suing and being sued by everyone. And the havoc being wreaked — in higher prices, banned devices, and stifled innovation — is laying waste to the industry landscape.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Software Industry Construction 9

QAspire

JULY 6, 2010

In manufacturing world, process ruled people because people were used to operate machines. Thanks again, Best, Tanmay By Tanmay , July 8, 2010 @ 7:36 am @Hans - Thanks for comment and Twitter RT. In knowledge oriented world, processes are simply tools that make people more effective. Process then is not the key, people are.

Management 149

Management Compliance Process Blog 149

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

The list includes a health care company that was once near bankruptcy (DaVita), a software firm whose stock price stagnated for a decade (Microsoft), a travel website that faced overwhelming competition (Priceline), a food giant that seemed to lose its focus (Danone), and a steel company that faced new pressure from lower-cost rivals (ThyssenKrupp).

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

QAspire

JULY 18, 2010

It is people who work, co-operate with each other, demonstrate trust, work as a team, share a common goal, exercise their ‘discretionary effort’ and make things happen. Success of projects/initiatives is generally attributed to processes and rituals. Processes are crucial but not sufficient.

Succession 149

Succession Team Project Quality 149

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

The great thing about operating a small business is that you are inherently more agile than your larger competitors. If, for example, you’re an entrepreneur who has developed a software product that you are selling to businesses, are you offering it via cloud? What about product-based businesses? Know how to connect with customers.

Chief Executive Officer 50

Chief Executive Officer Entrepreneur Technology Long-term 50

QAspire

JANUARY 8, 2010

Forget compliance, we’re after quality. By Tanmay Vora , January 10, 2010 @ 11:25 am @Phaedrus - Process/Standard Compliance is important and neccessary for business - only if the underlying purpose is to operationally get better. Thanks for commenting! Best, Tanmay Tanmay Vora´s last blog.

Compliance 84

Compliance Quality Metrics Blog 84

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In fact, research suggests that big firms are dominating through their use of software. In 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen declared that “software is eating the world.” Research by one of us (James) links this trend to software. ” Its appetizer seems to have been smaller companies.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8