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Taking a Look at the Future of Oil and Gas Industry

Strategy Driven

Developing economies are yet to reach their full appetite for fossil fuels. What is more, the adoption of new technologies will facilitate oil and gas operations. Despite major turbulences (like the one of 2014), OPEC has successfully managed the supply/demand in the past. Still Keeping the Lights On.

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The Big Picture of Business – Cut the Weeds: Focus on Priorities and Strategy, Avoid the Time Zappers

Strategy Driven

What types of ‘wild goose chases’ have you pursued in your networking career? Copyright 2007-2014 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Are there networking situations which are beneficial for all parties? If so, analyze and align with those situations, rather than with the fruitless ones. Consider leaving a comment!

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Is Entrepreneurship As Popular As We Think?

The Horizons Tracker

in 2014, suggesting that the startups that are emerging are not the high-tech disrupters we think they are. There is also evidence to suggest that the entrepreneurs that are in operation are less creative and innovative than their forebears. This is a problem across the developed world, and is far from confined to the United States.

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How One Startup Developed a Sales Model That Works in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

Launch day was a wild success. In 2014 we partnered with Greenlight Planet to take a spin at door-to-door stove selling. With valuable learnings from the solar salesmen, we began the search to build our own dedicated team of salespeople to help us “open up shop” across each region of operation.

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Crowdfunding’s Big-Bang Moment

Harvard Business Review

services such as Kickstarter (and others including Indiegogo and Rockethub ) have operated on a donation model. I recently pledged $40 to support the development of the Polar stylus , a self-assembling modular pen made up largely of magnets. To understand why, consider how crowdfunding works today. Up until now, at least in the U.S.,

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Why the Rest of the World Can’t Free Ride on Europe’s GDPR Rules

Harvard Business Review

competitiveness and its position in technology development will likely be central to the lobbying that will surround any efforts to change laws or boost federal regulations. Some of Facebook’s biggest markets are in the developing world, and Facebook is experiencing its fastest growth in Asia and Africa. In the U.S., and the U.K.,

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What the CEO of the “New” Google Needs to Do Next

Harvard Business Review

As the new CEO of Google, he has been handed the keys to one of the world’s most valuable brands , the top website to open to get to other websites , the most popular operating system for smartphones , and the most desirable employer for engineering or business graduates. And third, his belief that technology is an equalizing force.

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