The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 28, 2022

When the term unicorn was first coined in 2013 by venture capitalist Aileen Lee, there were just 39 private firms with valuations and revenue of over $1 billion. When we look beneath the surface of all of this activity, however, it’s not exactly a pretty picture. trillion at the time of writing.

Entrepreneur 116

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Mass Marketing Globalization 116

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Research by Gallup, as reported in The State of the American Workplace in 2013, discovered that roughly 70% of workers were disengaged. Simply put, the underlying factor in the success rate of engaging our workforce and delivering change is leadership. Scores on both surveys reset the benchmark inside the organization.

Leadership Development 277

Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 277

Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2014

There is no benchmarking in marketing waterfalls. Take note that 72% of B2B marketers have no or very little processes for lead funnel optimization, according to the 2012 Marketing Sherpa B2B Benchmark Study. 7 Keys to Executing a Successful Business Rebrand. Relate Articles: The Secret of Lousy Service and How to Fix It.

Marketing 51

Marketing B2B Due Diligence Benchmarking 51

Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

Houston Symphony Orchestra, 100th in 2013. Hear the success stories. Benchmarking. Good opportunities to compare successes, case studies, methodologies, learning curves and insights. Learn from successes and three times more from failures. Star Furniture, 100th in 2012. Civil Rights Act, 50th. Instructional.

Case Study 50

Case Study Open-book Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Customer satisfaction is used by 90 percent of companies as a benchmark for success. But the customer satisfaction benchmark is confounding. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Overwhelmingly, most companies report that their customers like their products just fine. Surveys Fail to Predict Repurchase.

Aaker 64

Aaker Short-term Marketing Benchmarking 64

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2013

Benchmark Your Feedback Step 8. Below are seven key success areas to help you begin to think about a marketing plan for your small business: 1. Exposure to influential people in your network who can make your company a success is the goal. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Personal Appearance.

Marketing 50

Marketing Press Release Consultative Brand 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2015

We can benchmark how each client on the network performs against key metrics, identify high performers, and then, with a little extra research, figure out what those organizations are doing right. “Portal adoption” is in fact one of 10 “sentinel metrics” we benchmark and focus on in support of client performance.

Health Care 8

Health Care Benchmarking Short-term Gordon 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Many have found success in industries like technology, mining, and construction. Forbes called 2013 the " Year of the Female Founder." With so many women-led and -owned businesses reaching such lofty benchmarks in the last decade, the stereotypes about female business leaders are thankfully beginning to wear thin.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Benchmarking Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

In fact, MGI analysis of financial data shows that large publicly traded US manufacturing firms, most of them multinationals with revenues greater than $500 million, averaged returns on invested capital of 22% from 1997 to 2013. As a group, the largest U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

When, eventually, sequestration has passed and Washington and its watchers have moved on to the next big debate, alongside all the recriminations there will be this: the familiar calls for government to demonstrate more of the effectiveness that we see in the most successful private sector companies. The clamor won't be altogether misguided.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Six Sigma Benchmarking Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

According to our recent benchmarking survey of more than 100 senior executives, 94% of executives sell at least partially through distributors, accounting for about 50% of their revenue in emerging markets. Difficulty in distribution is not unique to Asia and reflects a global trend.

Marketing 8

Marketing GDP Automotive Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Banner’s leaders made a conscious choice to eschew industry benchmarks in the cost initiative. Capitalize on success. Banner’s leaders used its G&A success to extend the optimization program to its clinical operations, starting with Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, the system’s flagship teaching hospital in Phoenix.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

When decision-support tools become too powerful and ubiquitous, when continuous monitoring, benchmarking, ranking, and other performance technologies allow governance by numbers to take over, the human faculty of independent judgment takes a backseat. Business education Collaboration Decision making'

Senge 8

Senge Education Rogers Tools 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 5, 2013

Learn from successes… and three times more from failures. Hear the success stories. Benchmarking. Good opportunities to compare successes, case studies, methodologies, learning curves and insights. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Innovative Then and Now… Still Creating.

Planning 63

Planning Learning Curve Budgeting Learning-by-Doing 63

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Long-term success for the company and a healthy career for the individual are attributable to: The manner in which an organization or professional lives and conducts business on a daily basis. The phenomena of people liking and admiring antiques, years after their creation, is like a successful wine and cheese party. You should.

Long-term 56

Long-term Budgeting Quality Consultative 56

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Benchmarking the progress made and communicate it outside the community. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Just as we gain wisdom from the business failures and corporate scandals, we can learn equally valuable lessons from crisis situations that were successfully handled. by Hank Moore. All rights reserved.

Crisis 60

Crisis Airlines Transportation Crisis Management 60

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2018

One especially pernicious message has been unchallenged for years: that female workers lack the self-confidence of their male peers and this hurts their chances at success. If they were less hesitant and sold themselves better, this logic goes, success would be theirs. Men are held to a lower standard.

Self-aware 11

Self-aware Chief Operating Officer Document Influence 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

With Dupont in mind, we can come up with a better measurement by sub-dividing ROII as follows: Innovation magnitude (financial contribution divided by successful ideas). Innovation success rate (successful ideas divided by total ideas explored). or "what does 'success' mean?" need to be answered in consistent ways.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Disaggregation Financial Leverage 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

With Dupont in mind, we can come up with a better measurement by sub-dividing ROII as follows: Innovation magnitude (financial contribution divided by successful ideas). Innovation success rate (successful ideas divided by total ideas explored). or "what does 'success' mean?" need to be answered in consistent ways.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Disaggregation Financial Leverage 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. ” Senor and Singer also cite immigration policy and a culture that tolerates risk-taking and failure as contributing to Israel’s startup success. billion in 2013. But is all of that changing?

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Marketing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2014

In January 2013 they created “ IBM iFundIT ,” a program in which volunteers decide where to spend seed money using an intranet site for proposing ideas, commenting, volunteering, and funding. Given the success of the program in 2013, IBM’s CIO decided to invest $7 million to expand iFundIT in 2014. There are no titles.

Software 8

Software CIO Early Adopters Project 8