N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

The bottom line is this; I view one of the primary obligations of venture capital and private equity firms to be to drive collaboration and innovation across their portfolio companies. What can you bring to the table that will expand my distribution, add velocity to my sales, increase my brand equity, open new markets, etc.?

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Influence Due Diligence CIO Business Model 290

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2013

Most traditional financial intermediaries, like banks, are focused on short-term returns and deem unsecured lending to charities and social enterprises to be too risky. If financing is offered by a bank, the terms are often too onerous. Banks have a role to play in the social sector. But it is not the one you might think.

Banking 8

Banking Finance Due Diligence Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2018

For innovation-hungry legacy firms, partnering with a startup can be appealing. With due diligence and decent design, these partnerships can go beyond good results and energize organizations that have become too comfortable or complacent with everyday routines. artpartner-images/Getty Images.

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KPI Innovation Ries Banking 9

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Note: Besides independent cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ether, or Litecoin, the crypto-market is expanding with CBDCs or Central Bank Crypto Currencies belonging to different states. Although saving and investing are different things, having a high-interest saving account in your bank will allow you to take the best of two worlds.

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Short-term Real Estate Long-term Strategy 67

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

What happens to innovation and segmentation when serious organizations are challenged to assimilate and integrate 10X, 100X or 1000X more information about customers, clients, prospects and leads? That’s not good because Big Data promises to redefine the fundamentals of the 80/20 rule. From Data to Action An HBR Insight Center.

Due Diligence 11

Due Diligence KPI Loyalty Information Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

But the solution to this innovation logjam has emerged: blockchain. Given the promise and peril of such a disruptive technology, many firms in the financial industry, from banks and insurers to audit and professional service firms, are investing in blockchain solutions. Is this the end of banking as we know it? Insight Center.

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Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

However, much of the criminal activity is now being mitigated by self-organized, crowdsourced due diligence in the community , as well as by external parties such as Smith and Crown , a research group focused on cryptofinance, and ICO Rating , a ratings agency that issues independent analytical research on blockchain-based companies.

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Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 11