N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

An additional argument in support for CEO term limits is based upon the premise that the price of CEO terms that last too long goes deeper than the obvious performance metrics…that there is somehow the missed opportunity of a different vision, never heard and never realized.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Largely due to the iPod’s strong integrated design qualities it is the dominant brand in its class, commands a pricing premium, and has developed an extremely loyal and satisfied customer base.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

link] mikemyatt Hi Dan: What a great observation about the "price" of loyalty. Great insights Denny… [link] There Is An Antonym For Respect | Strategic Technology [.] Blind loyalty is not the same a true loyalty because there is no foundation to underpin it. As a result it will be misused, abused and eventually broken.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

While both require sacrifice, success comes at a great price and is often based upon the compromise of values. Just as success must be defined before it can be achieved, so must significance. Significance on the other hand is driven by personal values and is a gift that cannot be purchased.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 6, 2010

However, that’s a small price to pay for the positives that are derived. By being available as a mentor to other women – and also to men – we can lead by example as professionals and leaders, give others the benefit of our experience and perspective, and reap the reward of seeing others succeed in part because of our input.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Stuart Oliver: Entrepreneur, Interim CIO, Technology COO, Strategist, » Blog Archive » To blog or not to blog [.] The big thing for me is I know when I add something to my life and work, there's a price to pay – time wise! link] Swiecki’s Blog » Tech-blog Carnival Edition 2 [.]

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

Some of the things you should vary and test are: • Promotion offered • Price • Free offers • Graphics • Free Trial • Color • Font • Mail Format • Length • Day and time of emailing • Subject lines and body copy • Response device (reply to email, visit website, etc.)

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

She is also moving into a bigger space in her building at a bargain price! As a business owner, I suggest you talk with your landlord about rent prices, you may be surprised to find out they are willing to lower your rent just to ensure you stay around.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

Avon’s stock price was up 15% in 2007. Andrea Jung was an executive vice president at Neiman-Marcus before she joined Avon in 1996.  She became CEO of Avon in 1999, and in the past 9 years, she has helped to grow the company to achieve an annual revenue of $8.7

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Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

It costs 5 to 10 times more to attract a new customer than it does to keep an existing one.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

include: MacDermid, Sanofi-Aventis, Mattel, Fisher-Price, Raytheon, USDA, Catalina Marketing, Nielsen Media, Starbucks, Fortune Brands, U.S.C., Â She has been published in leading industry magazines and ghost authored a number of chapters for books published by Linkage, Inc and Pearson Education. Johnson & Johnson and others. in Zoology.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I hope your inspiring and heartfelt thoughts cause others to reflect on the great price that has been, and is continuing to be paid to protect our freedom. It is because of men like you that we all have the privilege of freedom. Best wishes Bo… [link] mikemyatt Thank you Mark.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

For startups, 2009 was a good year. Given that those companies were all venture-financed and emerged from Silicon Valley, you might assume that the key ingredients that have ensured their success were cutting-edge technologies, digital platforms, and customer bases that were chiefly made up of digital natives.

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Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 10, 2018

But don’t be discouraged; for many the hard work is worth it when you consider the freedom over your own time and finances. As well as doing your main role, you’ll have to quickly learn to do every other role that a company needs as well, such as admin, accounting, marketing, and finances.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

During Jeff Immelt’s tenure as CEO of General Electric, from 2001 until 2017, the company’s stock price fell by over 30%, a decline of roughly $150 billion in shareholder value. The Board Had No Finance Committee. GE’s board had another major structural defect: It lacked a finance committee.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

It is no coincidence that this upheaval in the Chinese solar industry is occurring at a time when the central government''s subsidies that had financed the industry''s explosive expansion have declined even as problems in the global solar-panel market have soared. A surge in exports of Chinese panels depressed world prices by 75%.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Here’s the cold hard truth…if you cheat your family to invest into your career, you and your loved ones will pay a very heavy price. I can't help but think it was an expensive price to pay, so I too need to check myself on this one given the recurring message! link] Bert Decker Great post Mike.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

The situation stabilized somewhat after the government abandoned the Zimbabwean dollar in favor of a multi-currency system in 2009 and entered a power-sharing deal with the opposition party. Technology solutions that help accelerate improvements of Zimbabwe’s decaying infrastructure will also be in high demand.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2013

If you''ve got a genuinely creative idea — or even a " me, too with a twist " — Kickstarter''s "crowd funding" platform offers a genuinely innovative way to finance creativity and innovation. Since its 2009 launch, Kickstarter claims that more than 4.1 It''s exciting. Perhaps it should be. I''d say not.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

But because true leaders are motivated by loving concern than a desire for personal glory, they are willing to pay the price.&# - Eugene B. Serves their best interests, and in doing so will not always be popular, may not always impress.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

To our surprise, it sold in 20 minutes for 25% more than the asking price. Shipment volumes through North American ports, which fell 20% in 2009 from a record peak in 2007, are now higher than they were in 2007, and port-expansion plans from Vancouver to Los Angeles/Long Beach are bogged down by political wrangling. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

The complexity of the Shuttle and its reliance on 1970''s technology drove costs up. Working against NASA as well was a heritage of exploration: unique space missions that pushed technologies and space travel to the edge. Using this strategy, Kilts was able to dramatically improve financial results and stock prices.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

You can read about it in recent issues of The Economist , The New York Times , and in the book The Second Machine Age by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The arguments are familiar. Today, there are 116 million people employed in the service sector, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2017

According to a 2009 report issued by the United States Government Accountability Office, a significant portion of independent contracting doesn’t pass the smell test and in fact represents misclassification of workers. Lacking capital, truckers purchased new vehicles through financing provided by these very same trucking companies.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2017

Ninety percent of businesses responding to the International Chamber of Commerce’s 2016 Global Survey on Trade Finance pointed to anti-money laundering as the most significant impediment to trade. How Blockchain Works Here are five basic principles underlying the technology. How technology is transforming transactions.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Any number of franchised coaching offerings can be purchased at affordable prices, numerous affliliations with the hot coaching brand de-jure are available for the asking, or if all else fails coaches can just go it alone as a solo practitioner – the more the merrier right?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 20, 2010

Winning an argument isn’t particularly difficult, but it may come at a very expensive price. Bright people can quickly find themselves in the position of confusing ego with intellect, and can sometimes defend ideas to the death rather than admit they’re wrong.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2015

In 2009, I took 42 Harvard Business School students to Israel for a week of entrepreneurship exploration. Tip 5: Study the financing food chain starting from the end, not the beginning. It goes without saying that finance is an essential element in entrepreneurial innovation, but don’t start with the angel investors or VCs.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

Perhaps for starters we might stop providing recipes and talk honestly with clients about 1. the hard work of being a leader 2. the fact that there is no single recipe or solution but a path on which we can be a guide and fellow journeyman or woman.

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