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4 Post-Pandemic Marketing Tips to Help Your Business

Strategy Driven

For some, the key to survival was calling up venture capitalists like Mark Stevens for a quick influx of cash, but not everyone was able to receive funding assistance. Since you can’t always depend on a financing source to help you out when times get tough, you need to boost your marketing plan and develop loyalty among your customers.

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Eliciting Excellence – An Online Leadership and Learning Opportunity

Kevin Eikenberry

Consider it a great personal development opportunity and an economical way to provide leadership training in your organization (or to supplement the leadership development activities you already have in place). And no specific time to log or tune in because you’ll have access to each expert interview for a full 24 hours.

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Artificial Intelligence Is Almost Ready for Business

Harvard Business Review

AI is filling this gap as it becomes ingrained in the analytics technology infrastructure in industries like health care, financial services, and travel. Rather than take the cutting edge capabilities developed in its research labs to market as a series of products, IBM has chosen to offer a platform of services under the Watson brand.

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The CEO’s Guide to Retirement

Harvard Business Review

“Within weeks of retiring I had opportunities to join a major board, and exciting invitations from venture capitalists to play an active role in FinTech companies. I developed a lot of comrades over the years, and you don’t see them as much anymore.” I have rebooted myself.” It’s the people.

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India's Exploding Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

Recently, I had the privilege of moderating a conference of global entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in Mumbai — an event called Founders Forum India. There's the question of how to develop robust legal, regulatory, and financial infrastructure (including payment systems). billion e-commerce sector, says Avendus).

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Planting Entrepreneurial Innovation in Inner Cities

Harvard Business Review

Venture capitalists are close behind. Develop an inclusive vision of high growth entrepreneurship. Boston's Mayor Menino and his staff developed and have repeated hundreds of times the mantra of the Innovation District: "Live, work, play." Tomorrow it may be space travel. But you should ask, not tell.

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Lessons in IT Innovation From Silicon Valley

Harvard Business Review

But our recent research has taught us a lot about how management innovations can travel — in this case, from Silicon Valley tech sector companies known for their experimentation and agility in information technology (IT) management to the much older Bay Area companies who are their neighbors. Innovation is always infectious.