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5 Tips for Pitching Investors Remotely in the Time of Coronavirus

Leading Blog

In recent times, it seems the trend is that entrepreneurs will email me their slides before the call. If your biggest strength is your technology or IP differentiation, you better have a simple visual, which makes it easy to understand while also hammering home your IP is so important. He is also a venture partner at several VC firms.

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The Small Business Advantage

Six Disciplines

This importance was hammered home to me in a lunch meeting with “Sandy,” who recently moved to a much larger organization. As organizations increase in size, the leadership team moves from generalists to specialists who are responsible for a particular business area. She commented, “It’s just not the same. I feel like a number.

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The Small Business Advantage

Six Disciplines

This importance was hammered home to me in a lunch meeting with “Sandy,” who recently moved to a much larger organization. As organizations increase in size, the leadership team moves from generalists to specialists who are responsible for a particular business area. She commented, “It’s just not the same. I feel like a number.

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Green Police

Chris Brady

Government is like a sledge hammer. Thanks Posted by: Marty Weasner | February 10, 2010 at 06:29 AM Chris, I have worked in the construction industry for a while and the trend there is to go green by complying with LEED guidelines for buildings. Just like wars, if a government can get people freaked out enough (i.e.

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Have You Earned the Right to Lead? Ten Deeply Destructive Mistakes That Suggest the Answer Is No (and How to Stop Making Them)

Strategy Driven

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. 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.

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The Best Morale Boost $3 Million Can Buy

Harvard Business Review

“There were catchphrases that had to be hammered into the head of the employees, just like advertising does to the general public.” For one, the shows struggled to retain their “cool” factor during the ’60s, often lagging a few years behind trends, and making a bit of a mockery of all things mod or psychedelic.

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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

Harness underappreciated trends. You have to be tracking trends your competitors haven’t yet noticed, then figuring out ways of using them to upend traditional business models. In our experience, it can take several months for a company to hammer out its defini­tion of innovation.