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Angel Capital vs. Venture Capital - CEO Blog - Time Leadership

CEO Blog

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Wednesday, November 24, 2010 Angel Capital vs. Venture Capital Angels and VCs are often very synergistic. Their background in operations of a business often makes them more suitable to do the detail work. 4 - Provide due diligence. I am CEO between positions.

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Leadership and Opportunity | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Anyone paying attention to current events has recently witnessed that it doesn’t really matter whether you’re a politician, investment banker, CEO, or just an average citizen, when it comes to making a simple decision, managing a crisis, or attempting to exploit an opportunity, timing is everything.

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Toxic Work Environments | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

People can do some due diligence before going to work for a compnay. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. If you find that workplace contamination is rubbing off on you, you may be forced to make a change in order to preserve your own mental health. Our Freedom.

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Hardwoods of Michigan Joins The Six Disciplines Client Community

Six Disciplines

housing starts, in 2008-09 Hardwoods of Michigan had been in survival mode, focusing more on day-to-day operations as opposed to long-term strategies. However, through the efforts of the management team, the company rebounded strongly in 2010. Because the hardwood lumber industry is tied directly with U.S.

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How Midsized Companies Can Avoid Fatal Acquisitions

Harvard Business Review

CEOs of midsized companies I’ve come to know over the last 30 years share the same dream. Like a shopper in a flea market, it is quite easy for a CEO at a midsized company to get distracted by sexy deals. Midmarket investment bankers love to shop potential acquisitions to their CEO clients. The San Jose, Calif.-based

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.