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Complimentary Resource – Economist: Smart SMBs Fine-Tuning the Engines of Growth

Strategy Driven

Economist: Smart SMBs Fine-Tuning the Engines of Growth. Meanwhile, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) from around the world find regulation to be a top business concern, on a par with shortages of financing and behind only the weak economy, according to a survey conducted by the EIU for this paper. by Symantec Corporation.

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Leadership and Product Management

Lead on Purpose

Product managers hold a unique position in the company: they depend on people from other groups, but they do not have managerial authority over those people (in most cases). Therefore, a product manager must earn the trust of people in the organization and influence them to do their jobs effectively and efficiently.

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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Perhaps you were the right person for the job initially, but has the company outgrown your management ability? Did you bestow the title upon yourself simply because you had the authority to do so, or are you the right person for the job? As the founder, can you, or should you, attempt to grow with the company?

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Business Model Architecture | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., are also not business models.

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First Impressions | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In today’s post I’ll examine how managing appearances can have a substantial impact on your personal brand and your success. Whether consciously, or unconsciously, they will make quick value judgments in an effort to assess your credibility and flesh out your agenda.

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Design Matters

N2Growth Blog

Also worth noting is that there is certainly a difference between value engineering and arbitrary cost containment. If you try hard enough you can find an aberration in just about any rule, but in the case of design it will simply be just that…an aberration.

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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

If your company’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable. When Google started they had the greatest focus, the simplest vision, and the least cluttered search engine.