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A Story on Importance of Processes: From Subroto Bagchi

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This book journals growth of MindTree from idea to IPO. Process Improvement , Quality | Tanmay February 15, 2010 3 Comments By L M Foong pr , March 30, 2010 @ 2:28 pm I faced with similar situation when I tried to emphasise on process approach to certain category of employees who claimed they do not need a process to perform their duties.

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A simple cure for the Buzzword Bingo | Rajesh Setty

Rajesh Setty

Apart from using PPC (pay-per-click) and CPE (cost-per-engagement) based advertisements to jump-start adoption, we have engaged some experts to work on social media marketing. We decided to avoid CPM (cost-per-impression) based advertising as it is difficult to measure the ROI. There is actually a simple cure for this Buzzword Bingo.

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Just How Risky Is Entrepreneurship, Really?

Harvard Business Review

Few law students even get the chance to buy the losing lottery ticket: the government estimates that 215,417 jobs for attorneys will open between 2008 and 2018 and in the same decade , there will be over 430,000 new legal graduates so only half will get to practice in their chosen field (at substantial opportunity and tuition costs).

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The Problem with Groupon's Business Model

Harvard Business Review

billion to Google just a few short months ago, in November of 2010. The smart money went along, with Groupon valued at $15-20 billion, according to some observers anticipating rich pickings in the IPO-to-come. One of the fastest growing of the recent hatch of Internet darlings, the deal-a-day company was worth $5.3 But not so fast.

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VW’s Board Needed More Outsiders

Harvard Business Review

In managing the fallout from BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster in 2010, company Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg had to take over from CEO Tony Hayward, whose gaffes and public blaming of partners had only exacerbated the crisis. Take the case of BP. Hayward’s leadership had contributed to BP underplaying safety its U.S.

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Don’t Build Your Startup Outside of Silicon Valley

Harvard Business Review

It’s a truly insightful mechanism for explaining why specific geographies can maintain competitive advantage despite high cost structures and other structural disadvantages. But the simple truth is that by every metric surrounding follow-on funding, acquisition, or IPO, the superhubs still have a distinct edge.

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Enabling the Natural Act of Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business Review

So here are some suggestions, most of which by the way, happen to be essentially cost-free: Removing barriers to growth should be your number one priority. For example, it is nearly impossible for scaling ventures in many countries, including Brazil and Denmark, to count on an IPO for a successful exit. Convene, celebrate, catalyze.