N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The choice to stay in a very black and white world of facts and figures is important for keeping the trust of all team members—and is particularly relevant when you’re operating at one remove. Can you give me data about what’s been going on?” He said/she said is excruciating anytime.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

How great would it be if everyone would operate with the ultimate goal being love? Thanks 4 Women Entrepreneurs January 21st, 2011 at 8:19 pm Great post. I think showing love is something that will really come back to you in the end, even in the business world. Interesting thoughts. Thanks for posting.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

With each major advancement in technology, communications, or business practice we find ourselves yet again at this all too familiar precipice. Let me be very clear here - as the CEO or entrepreneur, YOU and not your legal counsel, marketing director, ad agency or PR firm must make this choice. link] Allan W. link] Allan W.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

and any number of other appearance specific issues can add to, or detract from, the strength of your personal brand.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2017

Recently launched by a few designers and developers in Vermont, Ello was not equipped to handle such a high level of traffic, resulting in a bad experience for some users. This lays the groundwork for attracting and motivating a team, developing company strategy, and pitching to customers and investors.

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Media PR Press Release Storytelling 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2011

In this call to action, serial entrepreneur Hank Nothhaft and co-author David Kline show how government policies can affect the birth and development of new business ideas — and what needs to change for American innovation and small businesses to flourish again. by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff. by Thomas J.

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Books PR Policies Entrepreneur 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

For example, we have seen marketing organizations take command of sales, public relations/communications, product development, and major parts of information technology management – and many have advocated for more expansions of marketing’s scope. However, the findings are nuanced. It also depends on attributes of the individual.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

And this factor is likely to loom even larger in the future because many of the benefits of new technologies increase as more people join in. Partly this is an operational capability — how do you quickly shut down avenues through which information is escaping? Who will be involved? These can be exceptionally dicey situations.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

Unbalanced teams grow more so over time, as like hires like, resulting in an operation with lopsided competencies. In technology companies, engineering talent needs the balance of a business and operations team. It's also important to cultivate a balanced team from the start.

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Company Engineering Short-term PR 16

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2018

But as Carlota Perez has so aptly described, all new technology industries go through an eruption and frenzy phase, followed by a crash, and then a golden age and maturity. Then the cycle repeats with a new set of technologies. Startups with huge burn rates — building leases, staff, PR and advertising — ran out of money.

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IPO First-mover Advantage Business Model Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Yet, in recent years technology startups have embraced a new role, Growth Manager — alternatively Growth Hacker, Growth PM, or Head of Growth — that focuses on it exclusively. They work cross-functionally with engineering, design, analytics, product management, operations, and marketing to design and execute growth initiatives.

Company 8

Company Management Objective Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

As further evidence to the shift, one can look to technology for yet another clue. Corporate Facebook pages are great examples of the need for marketing, PR, customer service, and even HR to all figure out how to work together because users on Facebook don't make the distinction behind which department is running what.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Here’s a generalized scenario similar to cases we’ve experienced: A hot new mobile technology company lands one of the most successful IPOs of the year. That’s why every strategic marketing plan, and every company’s overall security strategy, should incorporate a data breach communication plan.

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Planning Company Crisis Brand 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

“We were Abelson-Frankel, yet operated as two separate agencies.” Through his ever-broadening perspective, he led Frankel to develop many firsts, including the first worthy cause promotion and the first to use computer graphics in advertising. Near the end of his career, it also helped him decide to sell Frankel.

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Open-book Career Rogers PR 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2017

Facebook created a PR firestorm last summer when reporters discovered a human “editorial team” – rather than just unbiased algorithms – selecting stories for its trending topics section. Just how artificial is Artificial Intelligence? Who are these workers behind the AI curtain?

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Content Trends Media Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

Customers today are not just consumers; they are also creators, developing content and ideas — and encountering challenges — right along with you. In a fragmented media and social landscape, marketers can no longer reach their goals for awareness and reputation just through paid media and PR. Turn everyone into an advocate.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

We can dispense with all that employee training and professional development. We’ve got the latest technology. Once the PR crisis passes, things will get back to normal. Not engaging in planning for future operations: So what are you gonna do about it? Our company has got the most up to date technology.

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Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 77

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

Partly a byproduct of user-centered approaches and do-it-yourself ingenuity, this emerging wave of intrapreneurship is due to a rising generation of managers who have been empowered by accessible technology and mobilized by social media. She couldn’t get the image out of her head, so she began to research the technology requirements.

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Bureaucracy Innovation Brand Competitive Advantage 8

Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 1, 2010

He had just spent several days reviewing our business operations, and after absorbing our successes and industry-leading metrics, he couldn’t figure it out on his own. “Pr&# is Pride. So he was compelled to ask me that question, perhaps hoping I would reply with some magic formula that he could take back home with him.

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Blog Metrics Learning-by-Doing Handbook 246

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2014

In 2004, Bharti Airtel , the Indian telecomm company, had outsourced its vast network and IT operations—a move that Ranjay Gulati saw as indicating “ more progressive and forward-looking ” thinking than was evident in many Western corporations. Rather than being destroyed by digital technology, they’re strengthened by it.

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Technology Marketing Outsourcing Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

But thanks to social and mobile technologies, consumers are now "hyper-connected and super-empowered," to use Thomas Friedman's memorable phrase. We normally think of insurgency in a political context, but today's digital technologies are creating a similar dynamic in business. What does this mean for leaders?

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Brand PR Strategy Politics 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Beacons are battery-powered wireless sensors installed in retail stores or event venues that detect nearby consumers who have opted in to alerts through Bluetooth or other technologies and that relay information to consumers’ mobile devices. Mobile technology allows firms to know where the consumer is located.

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Short-term Brand Long-term Media 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2015

Here are a few examples: Gery (some of these are the individuals’ real names; others are pseudonyms) is an IT consultant, freelance writer, engineering technician, freelance marketing and PR consultant, and world-class bullwhip performer. ” They allow their work to evolve.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2016

It took years for Apple to gain traction despite offering what critics consider to be a superior operating system. It began as a small direct sales operation, with no plan for national distribution. And that means marginal products can outsell superior ones — just look at Microsoft vs. Apple. Then, there is 50 Shades of Grey.

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Productivity Products Marketing Strategy Budgeting 50

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 27, 2011

There's no denying the PR value of a star. Certainly, these folks have the skill to develop a major corporation, after all that is precisely how we came to know their names. One can hardly imagine a decentralized decision- making process in his operations. General Electric and HCL Technologies provide a good counter example.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

This year, there were countless eco-efficiency stories about companies saving millions of dollars and developing new tools to make buildings, fleets ( Staples and UPS, for example ), and manufacturing much leaner. Keeping the apparel theme, um, running, check out Nike's new shoe with FlyKnit technology. Company Stories. on to 2013.

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Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10