N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Just to refresh, if you have seen the delightful holiday movie Elf , you are familiar with the endearing qualities of child-like hope and wonder “Buddy the Elf” exudes. How endearing is your brand to your customers? What do you your customers believe and understand about your brand? Is Your Business Style on Target? Post by Jane K.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

There’s often a direct correlation between the quality of your relationships with prospects and clients, and the rate of sales and growth in your business. They certainly would not go out of their way to do business with you or talk about you with others just because of your product or service offering. How are your voicemail messages?

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

When she tried to get back on the job market after 7 years, Aguilera says “a headhunter said that there was nothing he could do for me.” Twitter: [link] Facebook: [link] Related posts: 3 Secrets that Differentiate Successful Women Entrepreneurs from the Crowd of Average Business People Guest post by Alex Papa (learn more about Alex at.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

This kind of praise implies that traits like smartness, cleverness, and goodness are qualities you either have or you don’t. Being an Entrepreneur – How I Fight Against the Conformist in Me Guest post by Rebecca Tervo (learn more about Rebecca at. Boys, on the other hand, are a handful.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 4, 2011

What are some other qualities you have found in individuals that make them indispensible to your team? If you want a team of dedicated employees working diligently to accomplish goals, helping each other succeed, and helping you reach new heights in your business, consider a guilt-prone hire.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

However I believe the more important emotional trait for CEOs and entrepreneurs to gain mastery over is what I call EC or emotional control. by thecoachingconnection on July 15, 2010 This was reprinted below in its entirely by Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth, who originally [.]

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

This is simply due to the fact that more people want to hear what a high profile CEO or entrepreneur has to say. Post frequency is an often debated topic, but how often you post isn’t as important as meeting whatever commitment you make, and doing so with quality content.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 10, 2011

From LinkedIn directly: “Since, like in the real world, the size of your network on LinkedIn depends on the number and quality of connections you have, we recommend you have at least 20 connections to people you know and trust on LinkedIn. Many connections = many opportunities. Few connections = few opportunities.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

I want the time I give to everyone in my life to be quality. Thanks 4 Women Entrepreneurs January 21st, 2011 at 8:19 pm Great post. It only takes 21 days to form a habit. I need some new habits; some good ones! I want people to think of me as caring, thoughtful and loving…in both the workplace and at home. Not to doing.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 17, 2010

It’s impersonal, it takes the average executive or entrepreneur way out of their comfort zone. It is about the quality of the relationship and it is premised on a mutual exchange. When most people don’t like networking, it’s because of the slimy nature of glad-handing strangers and constantly asking for something.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

Example 2: My alumni association maintains a career group within Linkedin, and the quality and quantity of questions and answers posted keep me abreast of new developments, trends, and geo-specific information. Marketing dollars to establish a relationship only go so far until actual relationships become more important.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 21, 2011

Nominations are being accepted through February 15, 2008.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 25, 2014

Funding opportunities are also available and could be just a few clicks away at crowdfunding sites for the everyday entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs who effectively integrate platforms possessing these qualities into their businesses will gain a significant advantage over their competitors. Need capital?

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 20, 2011

Ultimate Guide to Google AdWords: How To Access 100 Million People in 10 Minutes, 2nd Edition Perry Marshall and Bryan Todd Entrepreneur Press (2010) How to pursue business opportunities available at “THE benchmark for advertisers and information providers” Although this book’s subtitle specifies a worthy objective (i.e.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

If you are a CEO or entrepreneur and don’t see team building as a priority, then the text the follows is written for you. Good parents have the same qualities as servant leaders – they are committed, focused, loving, caring, empathetic, and are present without losing sight of the future. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. Evaluate organizations online: their mission, major products/markets, history, and biographies of key participants. Base marketing initiatives on shared values and multiple-agendas.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

But without the backing of the great entrepreneur and gifted engineer George Westinghouse, Tesla’s revolutionary inventions would probably have come to nothing.” [3]. Ultimately, Edison’s commercial victories over Tesla were due not to the superior quality of Edison’s ideas but to differences in the men’s innovation capital.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

MAY 14, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Friday, May 14, 2010 Focus - Concentrate on one thing at a time. Unfortunately, multi-tasking has often been perceived as a characteristic of energetic, hard-working, and goal-driven workers; a necessity to get things done in a competitive, time-to-market world. It's a necessity, not a luxury.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

When venture capitalists (VCs) evaluate investment proposals, the language they use to describe the entrepreneurs who write them plays an important but often hidden role in shaping who is awarded funding and why. One major thing stuck out: The language used to describe male and female entrepreneurs was radically different.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2010

It's a common assumption that offering more features or developing high-quality products and services is expensive, and that the products of these labors can command premiums. The higher the premium, the more consumers are likely to associate quality with the offering.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

A 2010 IBM survey found that 79% of global chief executives foresaw "high or very high complexity" over the next five years, but only 49% felt their organization was prepared to handle it. In our experience, social entrepreneurs can be extraordinary role models in this regard. Take Allianz, a German financial services company.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Become a part of them as opposed to a vendor to them …This is a difficult concept for old-school marketers to get their arms around, but a critical one nonetheless. Let me say this as clearly as I can…a ready, fire, aim approach will rarely find the target. It will either serve you well, or be your undoing.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2012

Chief among these are access to capital, access to markets, and access to networks and skills development. And while both male and female entrepreneurs face these obstacles, women tend to experience these challenges more acutely, thanks to social structures that leave them out and a perceived or actual lack of business experience.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

These major transformations pose significant implications for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, workers, and managers, as well as policymakers for nations and cities across the globe. The annual number of venture capital deals expanded from 8,500 in 2010 to 14,800 in 2017, for an increase of 73% in just seven years.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

probably does have are three non-glamorous but crucial qualities: focus, discipline, and follow-up. The Benevolent Dictator : Empower Your Employees, Build Your Business, and Outwit the Competition by Michael Feuer and Dustin Klein What does it require to take a concept rapidly and effectively from mind to market?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2014

The Boston Innovation District’s meteoric real estate prices are pushing the very entrepreneurs who made the district sexy towards neighboring districts where rents have not tripled since 2010. So is inequality, when it is directly created by entrepreneurs, good or bad? Entrepreneurship, per se, can create many social goods.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

at 4:34 PM oh, I didn;t realize you wanted my personal goals for this issue… sorry, I thought you were … anyway, I have not given up- and I am not about to – even tho pursuing my dream-entrepreneur-job for the last 12 years has not brought it to pass yet. Laura Dean 11.29.10 I put on 14lbs and never lost it.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

The business model of these firms was to make markets , and they were large enough essentially to monopolize the technology categories if successful. Consider the iPad, first released in March 2010; at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, close to a dozen tablets were on display. No ideas are local, and increasingly few are secret.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

The first comes from a team of young entrepreneurs hoping to bring word-of-mouth marketing to China. The team’s concept is unproven, and the entrepreneurs admit they have no idea precisely how big their business will be. The word-of-mouth idea was pitched to Innosight’s investment arm by entrepreneur Christoph Zrenner in 2010.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

On the other hand, please note it commits you to nothing with regard to changing your lifestyle/romantic relationships/politics/personal grooming choices/childrearing policies, or any of the other topics that appear to be fair game when any family gathers to give thanks.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Despite the inventiveness of these entrepreneurs, some operate in the informal economy, without government registration, IP rights, or access to banking. But participants are poorly trained and produce low quality products. The era of Internet of Things will unlock opportunities in this sector for African entrepreneurs.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

If you ask venture capitalists in Silicon Valley how they measure the success of business entrepreneurs, they would no doubt list off metrics having to do with fast growth: funding raised, people hired, customers acquired, revenue produced. The Drawbacks: A Complex Incentive Structure and the Quality Question. Conclusion?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

I met Slovenian entrepreneur, Sandi Cesko, in 2007 when his Ljubljana -based multi-channel retail operation, Studio Moderna , had about $70 million in sales. That dialog includes all stakeholders, from the entrepreneurs themselves to investors to government policymakers. Even better. Not" is not a typo.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2011

Their founders — China's first generation of entrepreneurs — are nearing retirement, so these companies' futures hinges on how effectively the incumbents manage leadership transitions. The downside will be an adverse impact on the quality of entrepreneurship, which has propelled many Chinese companies to the top.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

and other developed markets? visas for immigrant entrepreneurs were issued to individuals from China. In 2010, Chinese firm AVIC Automotive purchased Nexteer for $465 million. For American firms partnering with Chinese companies, access to new international markets, especially in China, is an obvious gain. in a big way.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2012

Then in December of 2010, I received an email that changed my perspective, and my life. It was from a client who was running the transition effort for the newly-elected governor of Colorado, John Hickenlooper , who is a former entrepreneur. I would never work in government. That is what I used to believe.

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