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Quick and Nimble: A Leadership Companion

Leading Blog

There’s great advice on a wide range of leadership issues from Why Culture Matters to Alone at the Top. There’s no bureaucracy around an idea. In fact, bureaucracy around an idea is the death of an organization. Ken Rees, CEO of Think Finance) School Never Ends : “It’s about keeping them marketable.

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How do you start your own business

Strategy Driven

Just like parents give lessons to their children, other entrepreneurs offer advice to business owners in order to help them avoid some of the unpleasant circumstances that can place both them and their business at risk, and advice that can help them thrive and succeed.

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6 Rules for Defense Start-Up Innovators

Strategy Driven

Inventors and programmers have found themselves swallowed up in vast bureaucracies, working on projects that they feel morally uncomfortable on and with less than savory people. Financing for any startup is difficult enough to secure. Politics and the defense industry are intertwined, but if you want some advice from us?

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New Books from HBR Press for August

Harvard Business Review

But it is also a complex market, with a reputation for corruption, uncertainty, and bureaucracy. Ravi Venkatesan, the former Chairman of Microsoft India, offers inside advice on how your firm can overcome the unique challenges of the Indian market. If you can win in India, you can win everywhere. by Thomas H. by Thomas H.

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The Right Way to Plan an Innovation Tour

Harvard Business Review

Tip 5: Study the financing food chain starting from the end, not the beginning. It goes without saying that finance is an essential element in entrepreneurial innovation, but don’t start with the angel investors or VCs. But bankers are paying keen attention to those ventures who break away into rapid growth.

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The Social Franchise Model Works in Times of Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

To those doing the same I would offer the following advice: Get local "skin in the game." These individuals are crucial to securing local financial support, building credibility, and greasing the wheels in negotiations with businesses and bureaucracies. How Banks Should Finance the Social Sector. What Capitalism Can't Fix.