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Gray Versus Green: Who Makes the Better Start-Up CEO?

N2Growth Blog

” said venture capitalist Vinod Khosla in 2011. With all of this in mind, we constructed the following table to compare archetypal young founders and experienced CEOs across the aforementioned Forbes traits that define successful CEOs. This article was co-authored by Laura Musgrave , Kevin Bijas, and Jeffrey Cohn.

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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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Remembering Sacred Commitments

Persuasive Powerhouse

» Remembering Sacred Commitments January 17th, 2011 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus I sat transfixed as a group of elected leaders – half of whom were newly elected – discussed how they would work with each other and the local government administration. Mary Jo Asmus : January 18, 2011 at 5:58 pm Me too, Susan. Will they stay true?

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How to Select a CEO for the Collaboration Economy

LDRLB

Is the CEO staking his career on enterprise-wide collaborations with rivals, NGOs and public entities? Would you partner with your company if your career and wealth was on the line? The ethical CEO’s company is more likely to operate with little to hide. At best, an unethical CEO only saps employees’ energy.

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Great Leaders Leverage Great Messaging | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Sadly, the reality is messaging is so impactful that it will often times have a greater impact on your career than your performance. When it comes to the construction of messaging, I have found that people will tend to fall into one of the four following groups.

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Vision and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

These CEOs can often go undiscovered for great lengths of time before their poorly constructed vision bubbles-up to the surface, by which time it is often too late to repair the damage. The good news is that CEOs without vision will take care of themselves in short order, as they simply won’t survive for long.

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Sowing Wild Oats & Getting It Out of Your System - What's Really Happening

Building Personal Strength

My friend was a top student and multi-sport athlete in high school, and he eventually got a football scholarship and later had a successful career as an executive. Unlike his coworkers, his studies gave him a different perception of the floor operation. Copyright 2011. A friend once told me a story about his older brother.

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