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Looking For Leadership

N2Growth Blog

I’ve seen many an executive or consultant attempt to identify leaders with interviews, tests, evaluations, etc., By that I mean practice areas that serve no real purpose other than to generate a revenue stream for a coach or consultant, or justify headcount within a department. only to fail in miserable fashion.

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Start-ups: Before You Launch Your Product, Start With a Service

Harvard Business Review

Much of what the company learned about its customers in the services mode has been developed into its product, although a good percentage of revenues still comes from services. Andy’s research was financed by DARPA at the university. Today, AgilOne’s product is a software-as-a-service platform. They invested $22.3

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Why Does Teach for America Spawn So Many Entrepreneurs?

Harvard Business Review

In this way, TFA, like all organizations, develops particular competencies through the careers of its members. Its success, however, as an educational entrepreneurial incubator, suggests that it is a potential source not only of future leaders and innovators in education but as a model for educational leadership creation in itself.

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3 Ways Big Companies Are Connecting with Younger Consumers

Harvard Business Review

As innovation consultant Pete Maulik told me, “It’s time to switch from here they come to this is how we’re going to win.” Big financial services companies are challenged when it comes to connecting with younger consumers, particularly about personal finance. That’s an enormous mistake.

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Enabling the Natural Act of Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business Review

Real entrepreneurs don''t mind paying taxes, so develop a clear, right-sized and strictly enforced tax system. So Puerto Rican entrepreneurs hire consultants to badger government procurement to pay up, and in parallel they jack up their prices to finance the long receivables cycle. Taxes per se do not hinder entrepreneurship.