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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. By developing a qualitative and quantitative filtering mechanism for your decisioning process you can make better decisions in a shorter period of time. What if the costs exceed projections, and the benefits fall short of projections?

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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. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one.

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How Freelancers Can Make Sure They Get Paid on Time

Harvard Business Review

“Before you respond to a request or knock on a door in a marketing capacity, you need to establish that the company can pay you and will pay you,” he says. Another tip: “Make sure you have the name and contact details of the person in finance with whom you’ll be dealing with,” says Pearce.

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An Entrepreneurial Society Needs an Entrepreneurial State

Harvard Business Review

Mission-oriented thinking could also be used to develop technology roadmaps for the 17 sustainable development goals. This includes basic research, applied research, and downstream patient and strategic long-term finance to companies. Yozma in Israel, and Sitra and Tekes in Finland have actively shaped and created markets.