N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Bill’s passion an his sales skills were clearly evident, but his presentation came across as a wannabe self-help guru more than a CEO of one of the world’s best software companies. Now that Bill will probably never speak to me again, here are the few gems that he passed along to the audience: Get better every day you live.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Matt Sweetwood, branding expert, defines personal branding as: " Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands -- the ongoing process of establishing a prescribed image or impression in the mind of others about an individual." Your personal brand is the mark you leave on the world.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2012

There is a sense that company operations are out of control. Branch 2: Environmental, safety, IT systems design and computer software, training for computers and technology, architecture, engineering and legal. You have a good reputation and are awake to community obligations. External-Marketplace.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

Chance plays a much greater role in our careers than we might wish or even realize. But the downside — the thought of our careers as the playthings of fate — is almost unbearable. If you imagine a game of “career roulette,” you end up a starving artist 99 times for every time you end up a rockstar.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 18, 2008

Chips and Salsa: Chips = hardware, salsa = software. CLM (Career-Limiting Move): Used among microserfs to describe an ill-advised activity. Please dial our main number and ask the operator for assistance. Please dial our main number and ask the operator for assistance." See also "Decruitment."and See also Decruitment.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. Carl, a self-made success and CEO of a venture-backed software company, is a great example.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

’ What they’re really selling: Computer software. Computer software is merely one tool out of many. ’ What they’re really selling: Computer software. My analysis: Productivity software does no good unless one commits to change, alters behavioral traits and commits to time management.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. Carl, a self-made success and CEO of a venture-backed software company, is a great example.

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Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Companies spend a lot of time and money building strong brands to win over customers—but they often fall short when it comes to strengthening their employer reputation to win talent. They don’t pay as much attention to processes like performance management reviews and career planning.

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Globalization Brand Survey Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2015

For example, building open source software, like we do at Red Hat, involves collaborating with people outside of the company who volunteer their efforts. We pay attention to their reputations and how they are regarded by others. We also rely on associates’ peers and communities to informally assess how people perform.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

The good news, from a competitive standpoint, is that most people have turned their brain over to bad software, resulting in the all-too-familiar “death by PowerPoint.” For example, the original Google car found it hard to compute the context within which it was operating. Whose will be gored? Who will get promoted?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Alternative challengers for the alpha spot come from statistics, thanks to a century-long reputation for rigor and mathematical superiority. ” Their semi-sloppy coding style baffles traditional software engineers — but leaves them in the dust. What about analysts? Analytics as a second-class citizen.

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Organization Engineering Learning-by-Doing Storytelling 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

As a long-time business journalist in the mainstream media, my professional and personal reputation was on the line. But here’s what is most surprising to many about the marijuana industry: It’s filled with straight-laced people who built careers – and started successful companies – in other fields. And I still do now.

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Industry Retail Banking Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

At the storage and software company EMC Corp., Sometimes that requires creating a separate operating structure. business units and functional groups like marketing or human resources set out “challenges” that they’d like employees to work on. In 2014, more than 5000 submissions came in.

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Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

A friend of mine, Godfrey Sullivan , asked me to consider running the operations for the Americas unit at Autodesk. Even then, she had a reputation for being an ass-kicking executive who could handle any situation — and indulge in some genial profanity. Only sheer politeness kept me from hanging up. That CAD stuff, I asked?

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