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Doing Well By Doing Good With Darrin Williams, CEO Southern Bancorp

N2Growth Blog

Because of its success and mission, the bank had recently accepted a minority investment from global powerhouse, Bank of America. For two decades she focused on organizations that were doing nothing short of reinventing capitalism by introducing innovative new business models.

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Making the Turn: 10 Warning Signs You aren’t Shifting from Founder to Leader

N2Growth Blog

Maybe you’re prepping for the IPO. There are warning signs you may be stuck in founder-mode and not making the turn to leadership. Leadership is uncomfortable sometimes. Leadership involves uncertainty. Leadership is messier that being the founder. You came up with an awesome idea. You started a company.

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The Most Innovative Companies Have Long-Term Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Call 2014 the year of innovation. A Gartner survey of almost 500 executives at global corporations revealed that growth is this year’s top priority. Google Trends reveals that interest in disruptive innovation crept up to peak levels this year. Staying power is vital for innovation. The same year, Microsoft did $32.1

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Many CEOs Aren’t Breakthrough Innovators (and That’s OK)

Harvard Business Review

Innovation is widely regarded as important to long-term business performance. So, to achieve higher performance, should company boards and investors choose CEOs with the expertise that would better qualify them to lead innovation? For the rest, we found that other factors besides innovation drove strong shareholder returns.

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How Chinese Companies Can Develop Global Brands

Harvard Business Review

China leads all emerging markets with 89 companies on the latest Fortune Global 500 list of the world’s largest. Yet it does not have a single representative on Interbrand’s list of the top 100 global brands. Western brands also want access to China and recent global market turmoil has exposed many targets for astute Chinese brands.

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GM and Ford Highlight Facebook's Challenges, Opportunities

Harvard Business Review

Shortly before Facebook's turbulent IPO, GM announced that it was pulling its $10 million advertising budget from Facebook. GM lost the ability to demonstrate leadership in a time where the advertising and automotive industries are flailing. Controversy erupted. Accusations ensued. General Motors currently is home to 383,000 Likes.

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. Gregor and BMW faced a crucial question: “How can the BMW Group, as a company, co-innovate with startups?”