N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Maybe you’re prepping for the IPO. When you started out you rightly focused on developing your unique new product, service, or solution. Maybe your CFO is a family friend. The very best rely on a coach or coaches to help them with their continuous development. You came up with an awesome idea. You started a company.

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Delegation Maturity CEO Execution 243

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

You used to be able to track everything with an Excel spreadsheet, personally designed by your CFO; now you’ve got an SAP installation in its place, supported by an entire IT department. Founded in 1966, Norwegian quickly became an innovator in its field as the first company to offer round-trip cruises that nearly anybody could afford.

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Company IPO Price Loyalty 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

Employees and other constituents should expect HR to hold leaders accountable for fiduciary and strategic risks, just as a CFO would be expected to hold leaders accountable for a risky pattern of using corporate funds or resources. Are these acceptable growing pains? In one word: No.

Compliance 12

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Families were deeply involved in developing treatment programs. This business works only if the Calidad de Vida brand stands for quality, innovative care — across the board. Why would an IPO be so bad? In different rooms of the center, groups might be doing physical or music therapy. The staff-to-patient ratio was 1 to 6.

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Case Study Franchising Health Care Follow-up 13