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How Do I Start Your Own Business?

Strategy Driven

If your uptime is close to zero, you need to consider how to use social media effectively. For example, using social media to promote a cruise line targeting people over the age of 55 is virtually pointless. You can also take finance from venture capitalist or angel investor. Otherwise, schedule a conference call.

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The Real Secret to Thriving Amid Disruptive Innovation

Harvard Business Review

I'm sitting at DLD , a new-media conference hosted by an old media company (German magazine publisher Burda) in Munich. and Hubert Burda of Burda are onstage talking about their experiences in a transformed media landscape. It's media disintermediation at work! Arthur Sulzberger Jr. of the New York Times Co.

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. Gregor and BMW faced a crucial question: “How can the BMW Group, as a company, co-innovate with startups?”

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The Insidious Economic Impact of Sexual Harassment

Harvard Business Review

What happens next is often not captured in numbers, but in the fine-print details of recent media reports. Whether the industry is media, entertainment, politics, technology, or something else, these women say things like: “ I quit.” ” Or, “ I left that place.” Power can either liberate or limit ideas.

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Ten Ways to Diversify an Inbred Network

Harvard Business Review

Networks are essential for collaboration , innovation, and career development. The research is clear on this one: for a more innovative and profitable result, over time you are better off with a mix of newcomers and old-timers, and a mix of people who work well together and people who have never worked together before. Start a blog.

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India's Exploding Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

Recently, I had the privilege of moderating a conference of global entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in Mumbai — an event called Founders Forum India. Fueling this explosion is a fact of national culture: Indians love media. Many at the conference articulated the idea simply. Yes, there are challenges.

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Making the Leap From Consumer Tech to Enterprise Class

Harvard Business Review

The annual gathering in Austin, Texas, has gained a reputation as the mecca for innovation and disruptive technologies. Startups and, increasingly, innovative mainstream companies converge on SXSW to test and launch new concepts. There was no similar breakthrough success at this year's conference. SXJapan panel.

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