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Ideas Don't Equal Innovation | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Assess : Put the idea through a risk/reward and cost/benefit analysis. I have seen and worked with several entrepreneurs and CEOs that jump on the fashion band wagon or immediately implement any idea that pops into their head with almost no analysis. I do agree with your basic premise though. Thanks David.

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Why Businesses Fail | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

As a person that works with CEOs and entrepreneurs on a daily basis I can tell you with great certainty that all leaders are not created equal when it comes to the competency of their decisioning skills. Conduct a Cost/Benefit Analysis : Do the potential benefits derived from the decision justify the expected costs?

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An Entrepreneurial Society Needs an Entrepreneurial State

Harvard Business Review

These misunderstandings have allowed the wrong narratives to drive policy making, with individual entrepreneurs and companies as the central characters of the story. Entrepreneurs then see growth opportunities, and business investment follows. Yozma in Israel, and Sitra and Tekes in Finland have actively shaped and created markets.

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Learning from Microfinance's Woes

Harvard Business Review

To make a judgment, a comparative cost-benefit analysis would be necessary. And we couldn't throw in the benefit of poverty-reduction as a mitigating factor since that doesn't seem to be happening. I left the discussion feeling defeated and fearful. It seems like the first part of that isn't true.