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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week - A Look Ahead at 2011

Sales Wolf Blog

 Today I would like to shift gears and take a look ahead at what the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogging community sees in store for us in 2011.  Below is a great collection of posts containing predictions, resolutions, trends, and thoughts for 2011.  Enjoy! .  Enjoy!

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Toxic Work Environments | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Toxic personalities will put a damper on morale, attempt to intimidate and/or manipulate co-workers for personal gain, and can even chase away a company’s best talent. People can do some due diligence before going to work for a compnay. Here are "9 Signs That Your Next Company Cares About Its Employees."

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Leadership and Opportunity | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I’ve observed the risk adverse take due diligence one step too far, the greedy negotiate too long, the impulsive jump the gun, and the plodders move to slow. As the saying goes “timing is everything.&# The proverbial window closes on every opportunity at some point in time. I Think Not.

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How to Transform a Traditional Giant into a Digital One

Harvard Business Review

If you’re not turning your company into a “math house” you’re headed for serious trouble. Every industry will soon be driven by digitization and every winning company will be using algorithms, or mathematical rules for processing information, to shape the end-to-end customer experience. Insight Center.

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Learning from Microfinance's Woes

Harvard Business Review

The pugilist-presenter was David Roodman, a fellow at the Center for Global Development and the author of a new book, Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance. Microfinance institutions do "compete and innovate, cater to poor people, create jobs, and enrich the national economic fabric."

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My First, Failed Foray into Venture Investing

Harvard Business Review

Because he didn't have any capital, and therefore no leverage, his initial equity stake was small, such that even as the company's valuation increased in subsequent financing rounds, he suffered massive dilution. But the company needs to reach profitability quickly. Lesson 2: Establish rules of engagement. Start a business, yes.

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What Initial Coin Offerings Are, and Why VC Firms Care

Harvard Business Review

However, much of the criminal activity is now being mitigated by self-organized, crowdsourced due diligence in the community , as well as by external parties such as Smith and Crown , a research group focused on cryptofinance, and ICO Rating , a ratings agency that issues independent analytical research on blockchain-based companies.