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Key Strategies for Aspiring Entrepreneurs Considering Franchise Ownership

Strategy Driven

Budgeting wisely, preparing for unexpected expenses, and familiarizing oneself with various financing routes are elemental strategies for financial preparedness. Navigating financing options and loan opportunities. Creating an Exit Strategy An exit strategy is as essential as a plan to start a franchise.

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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. Why didn’t IBM see Dell coming? How did Microsoft not keep Google at bay?

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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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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Tangential Opportunity

N2Growth Blog

The new CxO will be tasked to define and craft strategy, make investment proposals, and defend them, so they have depth in the related sector and a brain the size of an elephant. The CFO candidate might get by with only a broad sector experience in manufacturing, finance, or technology.

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Modern CMOs: Bridging Creativity with Commercial Acumen

N2Growth Blog

As disruptors in the organization, they hold the onus to align the company’s brand mission with a creative yet commercially viable business strategy. It is now expected that a CMO strikes a harmony between pioneering innovation and maintaining commercial acumen, a balance intrinsic to the realization of substantial business growth.

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5 Viable Options for Financing Your Small Business

Strategy Driven

Financing a small business isn’t always easy, but there are plenty of solutions available, no matter how bad your credit rating is. Before you start looking for finance, however, make sure you have a strong business plan. Luckily, specialist business models and bad credit doesn’t have to hold your business back.

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Tips for Working With Professional Construction Accounting Firms

Strategy Driven

They will use their industry knowledge to help you optimize your finances and prepare for growth. Professionals working with construction businesses have also mastered accrual accounting, which differs from cash accounting in that it records income when the company earns it rather than when it receives payment for the work.