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Why Businesses Fail | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Making sound decisions is a skill set that needs to be developed like any other. As a person that works with CEOs and entrepreneurs on a daily basis I can tell you with great certainty that all leaders are not created equal when it comes to the competency of their decisioning skills. What would your family think of your decision?

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Teaching Teenagers to Develop Their Emotional Intelligence

Harvard Business Review

Nobel Laureate James Heckman writes that investment in the education of children’s “non-cognitive” skills — like motivation, perseverance, and self-control — is a cost-effective approach to increasing the quality and productivity of the workforce. Two federal bills are pending.

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Learning from Microfinance's Woes

Harvard Business Review

The pugilist-presenter was David Roodman, a fellow at the Center for Global Development and the author of a new book, Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance. To make a judgment, a comparative cost-benefit analysis would be necessary. I left the discussion feeling defeated and fearful.

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Ideas Don't Equal Innovation | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In order for your enterprise to turn an idea into a monetizing and/or value creating event you should develop a strategic plan that attempts to measure the idea against the following 15 elements: 1. It should be developed as a solution to a problem or to exploit an opportunity. I do agree with your basic premise though.

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An Entrepreneurial Society Needs an Entrepreneurial State

Harvard Business Review

These misunderstandings have allowed the wrong narratives to drive policy making, with individual entrepreneurs and companies as the central characters of the story. Entrepreneurs then see growth opportunities, and business investment follows. Drucker Forum 2016: The Entrepreneurial Society. Third, assessment.