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Where your company is headquartered makes a big difference to your bottom line

Strategy Driven

Real estate is unaffordable for many, competition for talent and investment is fierce, and high state and local taxes and labor costs quickly consume whatever capital startups have secured. Recommended Resources – I Have A Strategy, No You Don’t. About the Author. A Budget Does Not A Strategy Make!

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What Amazing Bosses Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

Legendary bosses like Bill Sanders in real estate, Julian Robertson in hedge funds, and Bill Walsh in professional football all communicated visions that entranced employees and left them hell-bent on success. A 2013 Society for Human Resource Management survey of managers in the U.S. ’” Focus on feedback.

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Writing Your Résumé When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities

Harvard Business Review

Oversee resource allocation and budgeting. And she wrote her summary headline — a prime piece of résumé real estate — to immediately show that she had the experience these new positions require. Manage junior staff and evaluate performance. Resolve unexpected issues in timely manner.

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The Innovation Mindset in Action: Jerry Buss

Harvard Business Review

In a series of blog posts, we''ll introduce a few game changers and explore the common qualities that make them such effective innovators: they see and act on opportunities , use "and" thinking and resourcefulness , focus on outcomes , and act to "expand the pie." They leverage resources in groundbreaking ways to fulfill their big dreams.

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For a Booming Economy, Bet on High Growth Firms, Not Small Businesses

Harvard Business Review

PM David Cameron , November 20, 2013. High growth firms are more likely to be in food services, real estate, construction, commerce, logistics and manufacturing than in ICT and life sciences. “Small business is the backbone of our economy.” President Barack Obama , August 17, 2010.

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Get Your Budget Ready for the Upturn

Harvard Business Review

Most budgets for 2013 were made in 2012, when the prevailing economic outlook was grim. For example, the wealth effect from rising equity and real estate prices might make premium product segments more attractive in the coming years. But here it is midyear and the signals are decidedly more positive. Increase your R&D spending.

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Can Lending Technology Revive America???s Small Businesses?

Harvard Business Review

The majority of small businesses rely on such loans, and in the fall of 2013 alone, 37% of small businesses applied for credit. Financial crises hit sources of collateral like real estate particularly hard, and this has negatively impacted smaller firms credit scores.