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Ideas Are Not The Keys To Entrepreneurial Success

Tanveer Naseer

Most people assume that successful entrepreneurs are created solely based on how innovative and groundbreaking their new idea is. Ford did not think up the combustion engine or automobiles, Edison did not think up incandescent light bulbs, Larry Page did not think up search engines. The following is a guest piece by Derek Lidow.

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Overcoming the Barriers to Corporate Entrepreneurship

Strategy Driven

Instead, longevity is based on entrepreneurial thinking and innovation – in exploring ways to adapt corporate and business strategies in response to market, technological, and social and cultural change. On reflection, though, I find that the evidence does not support competitive advantage as a path to longevity.

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M&A Without Buying the Company

N2Growth Blog

Most people tend to look at acquisitions from a rather myopic and traditional M&A perspective: making a strategic or synergistic purchase of an operating entity on an accretive basis. However restricting your view of acquisitions to operating companies is like playing a football game with only one play in your playbook.

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What Inclusive Urban Development Can Look Like

Harvard Business Review

One of us is an urban theorist, the other a community-focused real estate developer. There’s also potential to improve existing jobs by providing lower-skill workers with tools and encouragement, thereby improving customer service, reducing turnover, and promoting innovation and engagement. We think cities can do better.

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Social Media Influence | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Like most things, building and maintaining your social media footprint should be engineered by design, but the truth is that most people allow it to be constructed by default. Our Sperry Van Ness Commercial Real Estate advisors in Florida are believers. What more proof does one need? Keep me posted on how it works for you.

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Have a Real Impact; Keep Your Day Job

Harvard Business Review

Some innovative and determined professionals working in world's largest and most complex corporations are choosing to stay put and use their corporate platforms to lead change. James is using his expertise as a chemical engineer to develop new business models for base-of-the-pyramid consumers. Some are recent graduates.

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How Microsoft Used an Office Move to Boost Collaboration

Harvard Business Review

” Their new building “is really designed to spark not just collaboration but that innovation you see when people collide.” 85 hours prior to the move, suggesting that the move helped the organization operate more quickly, resulting in additional cost-savings for the company (and hopefully happier employees).