N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I had decided to go over and stay at a hotel on 9/10 in order to make the early morning meeting and beat the commute. When I walked out of the hotel the first plane had just hit and smoke was coming from the tower. What followed the remainder of the day on 9/11 was a combination of heroic and eerie.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

If they don’t like a company’s product, or an experience they had, the whole world will know about it. Making this connection can be more challenging for big established companies, whose primary success is built on products and value propositions from an earlier time. They already account for a third of the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Businesses are more profitable and productive when they act ethically, treat their staff well, and communicate better with their customers, according to the latest Lady Geek Global Empathy Index. Many British firms have been slow to recognize the direct correlation between corporate empathy and growth and productivity. Consumer Goods.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Here are three things that Western investors should want from African entrepreneurs: a focus on the top of the pyramid, control over factors of production, and innovation in distribution rather than in products. Factors of Production. Today his Nice Rice Mill processes 70% of the region’s rice production.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Multinationals are increasingly tasking their Asian outposts with developing regionally appropriate solutions that might "trickle up" to established markets. For example, when GE introduced a low-cost electrocardiogram machine in India, it also developed innovative ways to finance and distribute the device.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2016

A second set of entrepreneurs focus on information goods and think of IT as the product. Given their capabilities, these entrepreneurs take a “do-it-yourself” approach and develop software to support organizational needs. Microsoft, IBM, and Google offer similar services. Take a company like Airbnb.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

The country’s urbanized and large middle class has maintained a strong preference for foreign-made products despite restrictions due to U.S. There are some exemptions for humanitarian-designated sectors, such as agriculture, food products, health care, and civil aviation.). sanctions are delaying these projects being financed.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

They attempted nearly 34 projects that failed before developing an iPhone app called Picaboo, which was subsequently rebranded as Snapchat. Brian Chesky, one of the cofounders of Dot & Bo, once said, “Initially, each idea and mock-up we developed for the company was completely and utterly wrong. Financed by VC firms.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Compared to professions like engineering or business disciplines like Finance or Operations, the concept of a dedicated salesperson is relatively recent. Sales was traditionally seen as a form of service work, with an emphasis primarily on developing moral character. But a lot has changed. Does this mean that all business goes online?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2011

In my hotel, the TV remote controller was marked in Chinese. Africa has become a place where financial institutions are financing real estate projects. While the tech giants build factories and research centers in Asia, they open offices to sell products in Africa. Is this growth sustainable, after the minerals are depleted?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2017

Today Dubai also boasts the world’s tallest building, artificial islands, the first hotel with a rain forest, and the largest indoor theme park on earth. For example, retailers will struggle to put the right products on their shelves until they have accurate data about the dimensions of the packaging itself. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Each morning at my hotel I received the China Daily , the countrys main English-language newspaper. The article shows how the Dutch firm AkzoNobel is growing in China, particularly through products that help customers reduce environmental footprint in the shipping and building sectors.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

Ever thought air mattresses in living rooms would grow into a billion dollar company that would take on the vacation rental market and the hotel industry? I see people building productivity apps who have never heard of GTD, or more importantly Energy Management. I know many smart investors didn't.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

Ever thought air mattresses in living rooms would grow into a billion dollar company that would take on the vacation rental market and the hotel industry? I see people building productivity apps who have never heard of GTD, or more importantly Energy Management. I know many smart investors didn't.

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Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

How successful has the company been at creating new products, services, and business models? Transformational CEOs Tend to be “Insider Outsiders” The list is topped by companies headed by visionary founders with no prior experience in their industries; Jeff Bezos came from the world of finance, and Reed Hastings from software.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Recently, I wrote about Akamai, a company with strong network effects that successfully transitioned from a single product to build a platform that garners over a billion dollars in revenue and is now a core part of the Internet's fabric. TripAdvisor, in effect, was a model lean start-up with an engineering-driven, product-focused founder.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

Investors might have a geographic focus: they may care more about developed or developing economies, or a particular country or community. For example, the Hoxton Hotel , located in one of the poorest neighborhoods in London, created about 40 entry-level jobs with 73% of the wages going to those living in low-income neighborhoods.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

There are also significant additional benefits to smart controls—including an improved ability to control employee comfort (which increases productivity) and the ability to remotely monitor energy use, equipment performance, and proactively address costly maintenance issues. Wind and solar developers want your business.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Anyone who spends so much time on our taxes should at least get to taste the product.". And she's got other clients right in our wheelhouse: Loro Piana, Element Hotels, Stella McCartney. The vodka in those original bottles had started to develop a very faint yellow tint. Just a few more questions. I know this is boring.".

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S. The causes vary for this epidemic of counter-productive interference, which is threatening a long and successful policy, at least in the U.S., Both the U.K. entrepreneurs twiddle their thumbs.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

More than once you’ve probably looked at some new digital or technological development and asked yourself, “How did we miss that?” ” 2016 will bring a host of creative bots that will supercharge our productivity, keep us company, and help us track what others are doing.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Republicans generally favor developing a pipeline of diverse candidates through director advocacy and mentorship, while Democrats are more likely to favor requiring that every director slate include diverse candidates, or that boards implement targets for diverse membership. chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products).

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