Leading Blog

JUNE 23, 2020

Grow while keeping fixed costs constant. At the end of the book, he leaves us with some sound advice. Final advice: Create the virtuous cycle in which you generate short-term actions sufficient to satisfy investors while still supporting long-term investments. Scrub accounting and business practices down to what is real.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

For example, a decade ago, it''s unlikely that small-business owners would have told you that they needed a flexible way to host data and applications, one that preferably turned the fixed cost of computer hardware into a variable cost of renting capacity. When the company rides an enabling trend.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Now we want to supplement that advice with tips for companies on how to make workers want to stick around for decades. By making the fixed cost of payroll inherently more variable under differing business conditions, you can make your company more resilient and agile, while also treating your employees exceptionally well.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

When through our venture investment arm we seek to evaluate the profitability prospects of a young business, we look to see whether its team can credibly answer two questions: How will you charge enough for a transaction to cover the costs related to producing and delivering a good? Entrepreneurship Strategy'

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

And the fixed cost from “touchpoint-to-pilot” are immense. For example, in the case of a $100 million CVC fund, which can close five to 10 investments a year, these costs typically range from $1 to $2 million per startup — not including the administrative and variable costs of the pilot itself.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

For everyone else, starting small is crucial advice. The same rules apply to employees, as both of these elements are fixed costs that are going to heap pressure onto your business. Of course, if you have major backing behind you, this next point might be invalid.

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