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How Do I Start Your Own Business?

Strategy Driven

Knowing the cost of a business is essential in determining whether a business is profitable. Determine your Potential Market. If any of these numbers are insignificant compared to the cost of running your business, you need to revisit or change your plan. Part 3 Creating a Marketing Plan. Part 4 Get Finance.

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Where to Find Authentic Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

But unlike most Japanese innovations, it did not come from a big established firm. Coming out of Peru, you’ll find Kola Real, formed during a coup d’état in 1988, not exactly an ideal environment for business incubation. Companies and venture capitalists chase hot markets. Noura Al Kaabi.

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How the U.S. Can Rebuild Its Capacity to Innovate

Harvard Business Review

From automotive to semiconductors to pharma to clean energy , America’s innovation centers have shifted east, offering growing evidence that the U.S. has lost what Harvard Business School’s Willy Shih calls the “ industrial commons ”: indispensable production skills and capabilities.