N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

The reality is that great leaders all seem to possess an innate sense of timing such that most executives have a very clear understanding of the critical role timing plays as a survival skill at the C-suite level. There are a few times in the life of every professional where staggering opportunities will present themselves.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Unlike other executive roles, there is also the demand for a proven track record in revenue generation and driving operational efficiency. Therefore, recruiting a CRO is a substantial challenge, raising the bar even higher than most executive placements.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 26, 2011

This due diligence included, setting a new household budget, moving investments, setting up a home equity line of credit, and finally, buying a new car (for the first time in 11 years!). I volunteered to be the “lucky&# laid off executive and have never looked back. Synchronicity is such a blessing!

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

KPMG, the big accounting firm, was helping HP with its due diligence by inspecting Autonomy's books. More often it's a problem related to what we call the Art of Finance. The idea of finance as an art sometimes puzzles people. But what's interesting is that almost no one raised a red flag at the time.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

Few executives appear prepared for the challenges of digital M&A. When we recently interviewed top M&A executives in Europe about their experience, fully three-quarters of them said that digital disruption has had a relatively large impact or even requires a complete overhaul of their M&A strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2014

Based on many years as a business founder, advisor, and investor, I would argue that getting the green light has as much to do with understanding human nature as it does with business fundamentals and finances. Our champion, Pete, was a mid-level executive tasked with bringing gaming opportunities to AT&T.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2016

The fact that every company you work for can affect your career mobility in the future makes an even stronger argument for due diligence when selecting a company to work for. As our data show , financial executives are punished more harshly for financial scandals than non-finance executives, even when both groups were innocent.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

In addition to executing well-defined tasks, technology is starting to address broader, more ambiguous problems. It’s not implausible to imagine that one day a “strategist in a box” could autonomously develop and execute a business strategy. Remember Long-Term Capital Management ? ” Form must follow function.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

To paraphrase from "The Music Man," I am a sadder but definitely a wiser girl after this first encounter with venture financing, as this experience has become a well of lessons from which I draw daily in my personal and professional life. As we moved from idea to execution, I asked another friend to take a key role in the project.

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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. Senior executives should not lose perspective on the enormous opportunities in Iran, but they must be prepared to navigate some serious challenges. sanctions and a fragile economy.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2017

This requires due diligence, says Younger. 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. ” Pearce recommends talking to other freelancers who’ve worked for the organization about their experiences. .

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

Focus on the specific opportunity, and do the necessary research, due diligence, and soul-searching to figure out whether that particular job is right for you. Uncovering the right opportunity, he says, is “a matter of investing the time and doing due diligence.” ” Principles to Remember.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

The conduct of due diligence in the ventures raising money will render crowdfunding prohibitively expensive and thus impractical. Due diligence is too expensive. If investment complexity makes crowdfunding untenable, then the need for due diligence makes it too expensive. Crowds are frequently stupid.

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