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Do Entrepreneurs Learn From Their Experiences?

The Horizons Tracker

The entrepreneurial learning curve is often an extremely steep one, with entrepreneurs picking up the tools of the trade at a rapid pace as they try to grow their businesses. Research from Harvard Business School shows, however, that the learning curve may not be quick enough.

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Social Media Demystified

N2Growth Blog

Blogging since 2002, being actively involved in digital marketing since the early 90′s, and being online since the days of the ARPANET I have a bit of history with most things digital. Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside.

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When People Don't Know. a Guest Post from Steve Roesler

Kevin Eikenberry

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe When People Don’t Know. To do anything less would be to treat people badly.

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Benefits of Debriefing

Strategy Driven

market) risk obsolescence or irrelevance. It is vital to develop the capacity to learn from your environment. Keep your company fighter-pilot agile in any turbulent or changing market. Accelerate performance… learn and leverage this secret tool to organizational success. But how is this done?

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Throw Your Life a Curve

Harvard Business Review

Then you enter hypergrowth, which typically happens somewhere between 10-15% of market penetration. With Facebook for example, assuming an estimated market opportunity of one billion, it took roughly 4 years to reach penetration of 10%. Here's some more on Méndez-García's Facebook and S-curve math.).

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Debriefing as Continuous Improvement

Strategy Driven

Keep your company fighter-pilot agile in any turbulent or changing market. Accelerate performance… learn and leverage this secret tool to organizational success. They must close the gap between what was true about the market yesterday and what the new truth is today. The new paradigm: Time is your enemy.

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How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures

Harvard Business Review

Prior to 2010, Rakuten had been a multilingual global company. But in 2010, Rakuten mandated an English-only policy for its workforce of over 10,000 employees. Two groups had the steepest learning curve in particular. The Japanese employees in the Tokyo headquarters communicated in Japanese, the Americans in the U.S.