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Everything Start-Ups Need to Know about Cybersecurity

Strategy Driven

One example of this is the 2013 Target cyber-attack. A successful cyber-attack can ruin your reputation, a consequence that can forever tarnish the name of your business. As USWired outlines , the most effective way of protecting your start-up against the threat of a cyber-attack is to outsource your IT services to experts.

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Four Lean Advertising Campaigns That Went Viral

Harvard Business Review

The ways of doing this are via a DIY approach or an outsourcing approach. Here are four successful examples I''ve come across that span both techniques; the first two incorporate a DIY technique, while the latter two use oursourcing. Read my full analysis in this month''s issue of HBR (registration required). Speed Stick/Tongal.

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You Can’t Delegate Talent Management to the HR Department

Harvard Business Review

Successfully identifying, developing, and retaining leadership talent is critical for any organization’s long-term success. According to a 2013 CEB study , “only one in four HR organizations have effectively integrated their talent management practices…with the company’s strategic objectives.”

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Stress Test Your Company’s Competitive Edge with These 4 Questions

Harvard Business Review

At that time, many consumers adopted a new level of frugality , such that they took on previously outsourced tasks and became more self-reliant. An example of a failure to compete for excellence is illustrated by how Nokia , in the midst of their success, failed to keep up with the competitive threats from Apple.

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Myths of the Gig Economy, Corrected

Harvard Business Review

.” Indeed, the gig economy has not only turned millions of Americans into contractors, but it’s given the more successful entrepreneurs the tools to grow even faster. But there are lots of myths about gig work, whether full-time or part time.

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What Government Should Relearn from Business (And It's Not Efficiency)

Harvard Business Review

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.

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Who Should Actually Have Say on Pay?

Harvard Business Review

At 74% of the 1,471 companies that have voted so far in 2013, according to Equilar''s say-on-pay tracker , the "yes" percentage exceeded 90%. Only 31 companies (2%) have gotten sub-50% no-confidence votes in 2013. It was a successful campaign: CEO paychecks came to consist mostly of stock options. Jensen and Kevin J.

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