N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I'm hopeful that today's comments will help us all process things in a healthier fashion while not forgetting the sacrifices that have been made for us. I was driving to my office when I heard a sketchy report of a “small plane&# hitting the WTC. Best wishes Erin. We’ll never take their commitment lightly.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

A recent report by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation raises serious questions about the degree to which venture capital deserves emulation. Our research suggests that investors like us succumb time and again to narrative fallacies, a well-studied behavioral finance bias. The first story relates to plain old-fashioned competition.

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Venture Capitalist Christensen Incubator Porter 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Barratt Developments. Procter & Gamble. Consumer Goods. Technology. Johnson & Johnson. Biotech & Pharma. Walt Disney. Prudential Financial. Automotive. Cisco Systems. Communication. British American Tobacco. Alibaba Group. Technology. Biotech & Pharma. HSBC Holdings. Wells Fargo. Consumer Goods. Online Retail. Goldman Sachs.

Tourism 8

Tourism Telecommunications Automotive Company 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

A recent report by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation raises serious questions about the degree to which venture capital deserves emulation. Our research suggests that investors like us succumb time and again to narrative fallacies, a well-studied behavioral finance bias. The first story relates to plain old-fashioned competition.

Venture Capitalist 13

Venture Capitalist Christensen Incubator Porter 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

It also received its early stage finance from the U.S. Other Silicon Valley companies, like Google, have profited in a similarly immense fashion: Google's algorithm was funded by the National Science Foundation. And Apple did not just benefit from government-funded research activities. sales there, reportedly saving $2.5

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Venture Capitalist Biotechnology Fashion Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Corporations buy and employ human advice from many wise advisors—consultants, lawyers, investment bankers—in the same fashion that investors did in the past. Companies in every industry can benefit from making more data and algorithm-based decisions in areas of internal operations and finance.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Myriad potential public policy-related risks and opportunities for companies arise across a broad spectrum of political and economic systems — from the state capitalism of former Communist states to the “ mixed economies ” in traditional “liberal” democracies, from developed to developing markets.

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Policies Politics Short-term Globalization 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

As an advisor to CEOs, there is little doubt that I’m passionate about personal and professional development, and there is one simple reason why – it works. Great leaders are like a sponge when it comes to the acquisition of knowledge, the development of new skill sets, and the constant refinement of existing competencies.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2015

Immediately develop a hiring plan to replace the employee. When Kenneth Jennings, the CEO of Mr. Rekey Locksmith, a residential and commercial locksmith service, found out that his top finance person — we’ll call her Louise — had accepted a new job, his mind reeled. Principles to Remember: Do. But the news was a blow.

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Case Study Learning-by-Doing Team Company 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2017

During the past decade, business analytics platforms have evolved from supporting IT and finance functions to enabling business users across the enterprise. In response, analysts developed an admirable data envelopment model. A large fashion retailer ran into this issue.

Technology 8

Technology Sample Depreciation Analysis 8

Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 12, 2015

Having a tight network of trusted peers is as vital (and often trumps) your relationship with your boss and your direct reports. Real trust develops when no one is watching… when you’ve got something to lose, and choose to be vulnerable anyway. I learned this from one of my direct reports in my sales exec role.

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Fashion Learning-by-Doing Reputation Finance 180

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

The company’s website reported that Kickstarter has now funded over 50,000 projects , with pledges coming from over 5,000,000 individual backers. Securities and Exchange Commission took a major step toward allowing crowdfunded equity financing. How big a deal is this “democratization” of finance? Last week, the U.S.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Finance Venture Capitalist Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

And citizens, using new social media tools and old-fashioned marches, rose up to drive change. Another report, the U.S. Treasury Secretaries Hank Paulson and Robert Rubin, issued the persuasive Risky Business Report. The bad news — climate change is now.

Chemicals 13

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

The economic gains for developing countries have been extraordinary. Already, the World Trade Organization reports a rise in protectionist measures by the G20 countries, with 1,583 added since 2008 and only 387 removed. The fall of the Berlin Wall, in 1989, ushered in a new era of globalization.

Politics 8

Politics Globalization Business Model Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

MBA students are dutifully taught finance, strategy and operations as if revenue appeared by magic and salespeople were at best a necessary evil. When you get into a bar fight, you revert to what comes naturally — the old-fashioned tactics." They get you all fired up, but you fall back into your old ways pretty soon.

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Succession Conference Outsourcing Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2017

While flights of imagination from science-fiction writers, filmmakers, and techno-futurists involve things like flying cars and teleportation, in practice smart technology is making inroads in a piecemeal fashion, often in rather banal circumstances. Each is a highly evolved digital player.

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Benchmarking Globalization Technology Policies 10