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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

B usiness Model Generation caught my eye in a book store in December – It is rare I find myself in book stores anymore given how many books are sent to me as a blogger and my preference in reading on Kindle or IPad. I could see there was something new about this book and how the authors thought about business models.

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4 Key Things to Think About Before Starting Up a Business

Strategy Driven

If you are reading this and you know you struggle with numbers and organizing finances, it could be beneficial to contact an accounting firm for assistance in sorting out the figures of your business. An important consideration is whether your business can grow. What will be the strengths of my business? Scalability.

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Economies of Unscale: Why Business Has Never Been Easier for the Little Guy

Harvard Business Review

Automation is wiping out whole job categories, from cashiers to machine-builders, while pressures from globalization, trade, and new Internet-driven business models have disrupted industries and displaced hundreds of thousands of workers. But the tide is about to turn.

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The Billion-Dollar Social Media Question

Harvard Business Review

The conversation about the business model behind sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest reminds me of the conversations that took place during the 1990s tech bubble. There is the same faith that, if we can just get a new technology adopted, the business model will follow.

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Research: Self-Disruption Can Hurt the Companies That Need It the Most

Harvard Business Review

When innovations threaten to disrupt an industry by replacing an old business model with a new one, incumbents need to invest in that model in order to survive. electric utility sector, in which the existing model for energy generation, which has prevailed for a century, may now be giving way to a new one.