N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Bottom line…While I can appreciate eloquent and detailed word pictures, they are not always needed. In fact, in some cases the use of buzzwords and business speak can actually demonstrate a better understanding of context, environment, audience, etc. There is no point judging the audience for their reaction, they are where they are.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 16, 2020

There is an old saying I remember hearing when I was growing up in Taiwan: Spilled water is hard to regain. Being able to relate to others, find commonalities, and work toward a common goal are all wrapped up in how each person understands and protects the face of others. “Don’t be a frog living at the bottom of a well.”

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

The premise of his piece is that the landscape of the Blogosphere is changing radically, and that as such many “A-Listers” have either quit, or are contemplating giving-up their blogging endeavors. If you don’t have the time to make blogging a priority the effort will end in frustration for both you and your audience.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

The bottom line is that I really like him, I just wished he had more new material to share. Now that Bill will probably never speak to me again, here are the few gems that he passed along to the audience: Get better every day you live. Up next was Calos Brito, CEO of Anheuser-Busch InBev. Fear is dead as a management tool.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2019

This shows you how risky setting up a company can be. This can be related to financial decisions, marketing and promotion or the routes you take to build up your brand. Others will struggle to get to page ten and most consumers won’t even get up to page two. Why is this? Well, first, there’s the competition. Poor Visibility.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

What made this presentation so powerful was it was more than just an act put on for the benefit of the attendees, it was completely authentic and the audience knew it. Bottom line: serving oneself just doesn’t work for anyone! We are only as good as the people who surround us, and it’s up to us to set the climate.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

From this point on, it is critical that you follow the needs of your audience. Gina has covered a wide range of business topics that include keeping Boomer skills in the workplace, teaching finance to non-finance professionals, and growth and change in urban and suburban business clients. What are their preferences?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2013

If you''ve got a genuinely creative idea — or even a " me, too with a twist " — Kickstarter''s "crowd funding" platform offers a genuinely innovative way to finance creativity and innovation. But what if a slice or sliver of people''s compensation was denominated for Kickstarter-esque discretionary financing? I''d say not.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2014

You may be tempted to stick to facts and figures to do the persuading for you, but great presenters know that the best way to hook an audience is through a story. The first reaction to that change is typically fear,” and the only real way to get your audience to overcome their reluctance is to “appeal to the heart and not the mind.”.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2016

As Doerr explained to an audience at Stanford Business School, mercenaries are “opportunistic.” She rejected an “aristocracy of the founders” in favor of bottom-up ideas and contributions. ” What’s the difference between mercenaries and missionaries? So are you a missionary or a mercenary?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

Plan for a realistic amount of sales and interest so you can conservatively manage your finances. Gather some outside counsel to be sure the value is clear and easily explained to your targeted audience. If the value proposition is unclear, then you''re likely setting up the business for failure. Design a sound business model.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

In our experience, companies that adopt this marketing analytics approach can unlock 10–20 percent of their marketing budget to either reinvest in marketing or return to the bottom line. This lack of an analytical approach has traditionally formed a barrier between marketing and finance. Ask for the CFO’s help.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

It will help us decide what we make, how much we make, and how we finance that production. Big had the dollars to buy the mass-market access to consumers back when mass media was the only way to reach an audience. But Burberry stopped short of doing what makes the most sense to their bottom line. Big Isn't Enough.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

You’ve got an idea for something that will improve your company’s bottom line or make it a better place to work. In an ideal world, you’d come up with a genius new idea, tell your coworkers about it, and they’d immediately grasp its brilliance. . Shape your story for the audience. Nice going.

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