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How Do I Start Your Own Business?

Strategy Driven

To start this adventure, you need to know that you will eat and work with bread until you have a solid business and you can get it on track. There are various opinions about how to start a business. Before you can take bold action, you need an idea to start a business. Part 2 Create a Business Plan.

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The Problems With Incubators, and How to Solve Them

Harvard Business Review

This knowledge gap, I have come to believe, is best filled by savvy incubators. However, there are over 7,500 business incubators around the world. The first business incubator in the U.S. opened in 1959 and is still operating. Most of them fail. Well, it isn''t. Success is More Than Funding.

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The Core Incompetencies of the Corporation

Harvard Business Review

Strangely, most CEOs seem resigned to this fact, since few, if any, have tackled the challenge of innovation with the sort of zeal and persistence they’ve devoted to the pursuit of operational efficiency. And finally, large organizations are emotionally insipid. Few companies, though, have made much progress in eradicating them.