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Leadership Matters

N2Growth Blog

In 1973/4 I participated in an Overseas Fellowship at General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in a work/study cooperative programme in Flint, Michigan, which was the birthplace of GM. This programme which moved me through all major departments (Engineering, Finance, Supply, Vehicle Assembly, IS&T etc.)

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How Startups Overcome the Capital Gap

Harvard Business Review

Fast-forward to 2013: Zoho is a $200 million dollar a year company. It has been built without outside capital, entirely. The initial cash needs to come from revenues, not financing. No venture capital. Not even any kind of bank financing. In this equation, outside financing is Optional. Read their story.

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China’s New Development Bank Is a Wake-Up Call for Washington

Harvard Business Review

But in past weeks, it seems that the movie in Asia has been on fast-forward around global development and financing. The AIIB has working capital of $50 billion with potential to go as high as $100 billion – so it is, as yet, smaller than the U.S.-led billion of subscribed capital) or the Asian Development Bank ($162.8