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Diversification Putting Pressure on FinTech Executives

N2Growth Blog

Because we often run short of time, it is easy to prioritize more immediate issues, but ultimately such choices are bound to backfire. Providing senior debt to eligible FinTech companies will enable us to respond to the fast-changing FinTech industry and to strengthen our impact across 38 countries where EBRD operates.”.

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Green Bonds Benefit Companies, Investors, and the Planet

Harvard Business Review

The past five years have seen explosive growth in “corporate green bonds” issued to finance climate-friendly projects. While investors bought just $3 billion of these bonds in 2013, they scooped up $49 billion worth in 2017, bringing the total sold since 2013 to $113 billion at an average of $308 million per offering.

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Workplace Gossip | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

While the emotional distress associated with gossip can be dealt with fairly easily, the political discord that can erupt in an organization can be nothing short of disastrous. If you want to be a long-term survivor in business I would suggest that you not participate in gossip and get rid of those that do.

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Safeguarding Your Business Profits

Strategy Driven

Depending on how you have structured your finances, your business may be showing a profit on paper, but still be liable for repayments to investors for instance. Or your cash flow may require you to have a reserve fund to cover any shortfall caused by slow-paying customers or other short-term drains on resources.

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Humility and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Leaders need to understand that being authentically humble humanizes them, allows them to build stronger trust bonds, and engenders confidence & loyalty from peers and subordinates alike. I have always been intrigued by the concept of the "servant leader" a term coined I think by Robert K. Greenleaf in 1970.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. However CEOs that implement a well thought out and clearly articulated vision, create a sense of stability and a bond of trust amongst the ranks. One just left to lead a new project so now there are three of us.)

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Bill Ackman Is Just Doing God's Work

Harvard Business Review

Ackman''s short-selling campaign against vitamin distributor Herbalife has blown up in his face, with the company''s stock up more than 75% since he unveiled his position last December and some of his most prominent hedge fund competitors profiting from his misery. Hedge funds are often criticized as short-term speculators.

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