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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. Why didn’t IBM see Dell coming? How did Microsoft not keep Google at bay?

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Business Model Architecture | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

While most C-level execs have a general idea of what I’m referring to, it is also quite clear that most can’t even begin to define it, much less articulate the specific constructs of a sound business model. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc.,

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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

B usiness Model Generation caught my eye in a book store in December – It is rare I find myself in book stores anymore given how many books are sent to me as a blogger and my preference in reading on Kindle or IPad. I could see there was something new about this book and how the authors thought about business models.

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When to Restructure | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In fact, I would go so far as to say that CEOs who are not consistently reengineering elements of their business fall into one of the following two camps; 1) They have a perfect business, or; 2) They are an ineffective CEO. Current or anticipated changes in market conditions that will adversely impact your business model.

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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

While a business cannot scale without growth, a business can grow without being scalable. If your business model requires implicit customer growth your business might grow for a time period certain, but it isn’t scalable. Even their advertising model is simplistically brilliant.

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New Report Highlights The Growth In Emerging Market Unicorns

The Horizons Tracker

“Since the year 2000, and particularly after the financial crisis (of 2008), companies from emerging markets—particularly China—have become very global,” the authors say. Latin American growth. This is driven in part by a burgeoning middle class that is increasingly desiring innovative products and services.

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Preview Thursday: Benefit Corporation Law and Governance: Pursuing Profit with Purpose

Lead Change Blog

This paradigm is often called the “ shareholder primacy ” model, and it underlies our capital markets and business models. But then something happened to change my view of the shareholder primacy model. When business leaders are focused solely on profit, they impose costs and risks on the rest of society.