N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

In the business world, as a chief executive officer or entrepreneur, corporate messaging is the key to both your personal and professional positioning strategy. In today’s post I’ll share some of the messaging secrets used by the best leaders… So why is great messaging so important?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

However I believe the more important emotional trait for CEOs and entrepreneurs to gain mastery over is what I call EC or emotional control. After all, being in touch with your emotions, as well as being in tune with the emotions of others is an important trait for any leader to possess.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

As a person that works with CEOs and entrepreneurs on a daily basis I can tell you with great certainty that all leaders are not created equal when it comes to the competency of their decisioning skills. As much as you may wish it wasn’t so, as a CEO you’re really only as good as your last decision.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

This is simply due to the fact that more people want to hear what a high profile CEO or entrepreneur has to say. Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Stuart Oliver: Entrepreneur, Interim CIO, Technology COO, Strategist, » Blog Archive » To blog or not to blog [.]

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Respecting the right to differ while being productive is a concept that all successful executives and entrepreneurs master. It is the foundation that supports high performance teams, partnerships, superior and subordinate relationships, and peer-to-peer relationships.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Let me be very clear here - as the CEO or entrepreneur, YOU and not your legal counsel, marketing director, ad agency or PR firm must make this choice. You must choose to get off the sideline and into the game, then you must choose to endure the learning curve, and finally you must choose to deploy the needed resources to be successful.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

In today’s post I’m asking you to nominate the everyday community leader - the soldiers, first responders, teachers, volunteers, student leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, pastors, medical professionals, etc., but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Seth Godin’s Blog : The best-selling author, entrepreneur and “agent of change” gives you personal insights on the leadership landscape. Alexa Rank : 5,678 (HBR) Google Page Rank : 6 (HBR) PostRank Leadership Score : N/A Number of Posts in last 30 days : 0 TwitterGrader Score : 99.3

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

found that the number of women in top executives positions in Canada has fallen over the past year from 37 women in the highest-paying executive jobs in 2006 to just 31 in 2007. Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% are held by women (down from 6.9% in the prior year).

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

If you are a CEO or entrepreneur and don’t see team building as a priority, then the text the follows is written for you.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Between 2006 and 2008, more than $1 billion venture-capital dollars were channeled into startups focused on solar, wind and biofuel technologies. In the last year, however, early-stage investments in clean energy production technologies have fallen substantially (see the table at the end of this piece for more detail).

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

I have seen and worked with several entrepreneurs and CEOs that jump on the fashion band wagon or immediately implement any idea that pops into their head with almost no analysis. I do agree with your basic premise though. This is acting before thinking, which I have never seen work.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

How many times during the course of your career have you witnessed executives and entrepreneurs who desperately need help, but either don’t recognize it, or worse yet, make it virtually impossible for someone to help them?

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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. As an entrepreneur, how do you go from concept to traction? AgilOne, a company that provides cloud-based predictive customer analytics, was founded by Omer Artun in 2006.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2011

Their founders — China's first generation of entrepreneurs — are nearing retirement, so these companies' futures hinges on how effectively the incumbents manage leadership transitions. Indeed, the choices the founder-CEOs make may well reshape their companies as well as the Chinese economy.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Access to credit is a key constraint for entrepreneurs. Online lending platforms like OnDeck have been using information on cash flows and direct deposits from small businesses’ bank accounts as a key indicator of credit health since 2006.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 1, 2010

John Baldoni : Since I am by choice a solo entrepreneur, leadership decisions for me are personal. professing leadership acumen and expertise that it can be tough to distinguish between the posers and the players. professing leadership acumen and expertise that it can be tough to distinguish between the posers and the players.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I’m starting two communities that will also serve small businesses and entrepreneurs – The Rebel Nation rises! These eBooks apply the lessons of Defy Gravity to specific business situations, for example, turn-arounds, small businesses and mature companies that have leveled off.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

Most VCs and entrepreneurs believe start-ups are inherently iterative, that a string of mistakes doesn't prevent success, but may even be the path to it. Twitter 2006-2011) and vice versa (e.g., Finally, your early money comes with terms and conditions that serve as defaults for many financings to come.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2013

There’s a sense that it’s up to us to get the country back to work, and that’s driving entrepreneurs to Detroit, Baltimore, Providence, and any number of cities that have struggled with unemployment. From 2006 to 2011, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York has grown by almost 65%.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Let me say this as clearly as I can…a ready, fire, aim approach will rarely find the target.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

I’ve seen several (entrepreneur) CEOs who suffer from this Jekyl/Hyde personality, most likely due to the extreme stresses of starting/running a self-funded business. Worse yet, in my opinion, is the CEO boss whose attitude is a roller coaster of emotions. Elated and encouraging one day, and scowling and demeaning the next.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Access to credit is a key constraint for entrepreneurs. Online lending platforms like OnDeck have been using information on cash flows and direct deposits from small businesses’ bank accounts as a key indicator of credit health since 2006.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

More recently, SpaceX, the rocketry and spacecraft company founded by legendary entrepreneur Elon Musk, developed its Falcon 9 launch vehicle for just over $300 million. over the past 20 years: until 2006, its finances were shaky, and it was losing about a point of market share every year. billion to achieve the same result.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

If you are great at the finances, an early-stage Excel ninja partner probably isn't be the top priority. Michael Fertik is a repeat Internet entrepreneur and CEO with experience in technology and law. Different operational skills. There are so many reasons a small business or startup won't succeed.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. The company had five years of growth experience and nearly 200 employees; most important, it was run by an aggressive local internet entrepreneur, Zhou Hongyi. servers.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Challenged by other entrepreneurs in Scale Up Milwaukee’s Scalerator program to come up with a plan for rapidly ramping up his business, Cronce wondered: “What if I redefined Raphael as a strategic link in the global medical imaging supply chain, rather than as a paint shop?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

I have written often on the subject of personal branding, and some of my practice focuses on shaping the personal brands of executives and entrepreneurs. 500 or Entrepreneur Hot 100 lists and you’ll see a number of strong personal brands in the making. Look at the Inc.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. too, have undoubtedly helped, connecting Israeli entrepreneurs to investors and a large market. Sixty-three percent of startups currently scaling up are run by Israeli entrepreneurs with prior founding experience.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2011

They are grappling with the topics of food, health, finance, commerce, privacy, security, democracy, and war. Michael Fertik is a repeat Internet entrepreneur and CEO with experience in technology and law. Let's hope that the conversations translate into action, and that their best aspirations are filled.

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