N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2019

We have created legions of risk managers posing as leaders, when what we need are more leaders who understand how opportunity adds value, shapes culture, attracts talent, and brings about transformative change. Significant opportunities are not only scarce, but they typically operate on the principal of diminishing returns.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2020

Often times a new entrepreneur feels he or she has done their due diligence only to learn later that they barely scratched the surface. They checked out the market, discussed the business idea with friends and family and feels they can come up with enough capital to set themselves up for success.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

From my perspective I’d advise clients to give a bit on valuation, or live with more rigid financial engineering to acquire influence (gain access to markets, knowledge, intelligence, connections or superior business savvy). Hint: it’s not about the money. .

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

A REIT is a company that owns, operates, or invests in revenue-producing real estate. REITs function as intermediaries, allowing investors to see profits and revenue without direct ownership or property management. One of the most common vehicles is the US-based Real Estate Investment Trusts or REITs. Shrink Your Vision. Conclusion.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 13, 2020

Almost everyone has memories of the first day at a job, especially if you are starting afresh in the job market. All this is achievable if you plan ahead and do due diligence on what not to do and what to expect. It is essential to get along with your co-workers, but more important to be aware of the office cliques in operation.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2014

As data-driven marketers are taking full advantage of collecting, organizing, and analyzing demand management, many are adopting the classic marketing waterfall model from leading experts such as Sirius Decisions. One size fits all’ marketing waterfalls are too rigid. One marketing waterfall view has become a catchall.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Hard work and due diligence take you to the path of success. Even those who manage to survive may not always be successful in making their businesses profitable. There are many reasons for most start-up businesses to fail, but the main reasons are these: Lack of practical management skills. That saying is very true!

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Anyone paying attention to current events has recently witnessed that it doesn’t really matter whether you’re a politician, investment banker, CEO, or just an average citizen, when it comes to making a simple decision, managing a crisis, or attempting to exploit an opportunity, timing is everything.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 9, 2019

Externally, there are political issues, interest and exchange rates, new market competitors, and financial risks such as investments. To safeguard your business as much as possible, a risk management plan is vital. What Does a Risk Management Plan Entail? The Benefits of an Effective Risk Management Plan.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

People can do some due diligence before going to work for a compnay. offers quick, practical management tips and ideas from HBR.org. Unfortunately, there are organizations that are toxic from the top down; where senior-most management pays lip service to the tenets of leadership, but acts in ways bordering on the malevolent.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 4, 2016

Often times a new entrepreneur feels he or she has done their due diligence only to learn later that they barely scratched the surface. They checked out the market, discussed the business idea with friends and family and feels they can come up with enough capital to set themselves up for success.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

This includes sales , marketing, customer support, pricing, and revenue management, distinctly mapping out the path to sustainable, profitable growth. Under their stewardship, the CRO implements innovative revenue generation techniques and ensures effective business model operations.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

The importance of research, due-diligence and marketplace understanding surface. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. Learns which external factors to trust and which cannot be controlled. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2014

It’s created through a process of due diligence and a deliberate effort to intentionally and consistently integrate the seven core values into the workplace. CEO Jason Levesque, a US Army veteran and entrepreneur, founded Argo Marketing in 2003, and has become a widely respected Maine business owner.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

A normal acquisition process seeks to ensure something basic: a strategic rationale for a deal, supported by a thoughtful selection process, with known risks identified by a short, intense due diligence. What this requires is doing some integration due diligence as part of the M&A process.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Multinational corporations long have looked for growth opportunities in emerging markets. In 2014, according to the latest United Nations estimate, direct foreign investment (FDI) in emerging markets reached more than $700 billion — accounting for over half (56%) of all global FDI flows for the first time. Crime exacts a toll.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

Doing digital M&A right means upending the way most companies approach financing, due diligence, and merger integration. The ultimate goal is to signal to the market that the digital acquisition is part of a series of moves that will help you adapt and win in the digitalization of your industry.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

It might be an earnings boost, where the post-acquisition company continues to operate independently while increasing the value of the parent company. Or it might be to accelerate product development (and build out a richer product portfolio) by buying product capabilities across the market value chain. It might be to buy talent.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2017

In phase 3, successful portfolio transformations require financial discipline that is not an event, but a pattern; strategic clarity that is not a direction, but a commitment; operational excellence that is not a tool, but a mindset. Evaluating leadership capital has always been a critical component of due diligence for deal teams.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

Commentators and researchers have focused on the crucial role of the CEO in leading effective corporate action to promote high performance, high integrity , and sound risk management. sales, marketing, manufacturing, intellectual property—in all business units in all geographies. Compliance.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Indeed, even organizations where top management keeps their eyes glued to KPI-driven dashboards have trouble agreeing on what their Top Ten Most Important Customer/Client 80/20 analytics should be. Should management refine and dig deeper into existing 80/20 KPIs? is the challenge top management needs to both ask and rise to.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Chinese companies are relatively new to the M&A game, governments in many target markets are quick to detect a political agenda, Chinese companies sometimes struggle to obtain financing or face unexpected political opposition at home, and many acquiring Chinese firms operate in particularly dynamic — and volatile — global markets.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

But peruse some of the recent headlines about Iran , and you might wonder whether the market’s potential was overstated. However, despite a weakened economy, political tensions, market uncertainty, and the lingering effects of sanctions, Iran remains an important opportunity for multinationals in emerging markets.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2014

Like a shopper in a flea market, it is quite easy for a CEO at a midsized company to get distracted by sexy deals. But in 2010 (at $13 million in revenue), management decided that to grow, the firm needed to buy other companies. They have strong due diligence skills. The San Jose, Calif.-based

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

These costs are not operational costs, such as commission fees or transportation costs. Constraints on due diligence limit the information available to negotiators. Changing technology and markets make it impossible to foresee future contingencies. Invest resources in relationship management.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

If you have assessed the risk of your strategic options in terms of brand risk, operational risk, market risk, and so on, do the same for the current strategy. It’s now common practice to manage risk with heightened awareness, disciplined processes, and due diligence.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

Its primary social metric is the number of lives reached in base-of-pyramid markets. Robin Hood, on the other hand, is a grant-making foundation created by hedge fund managers with a penchant for hard numbers. The MCC's approach is even more complex as it operates on a 20-year time horizon.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

At the time, though, we were just in search of a new approach to building a sustainable business in that critical but often difficult market. In fact, you could say (and many did) that our previous attempts had failed, in that we hadn’t established a sustained market position. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

When a private equity firm adds a new company to its portfolio, analysts rigorously size up its financial, operational, and competitive condition. In fact, management consultancy Bain & Co. What’s more, the demand for rapid growth often comes with a push from investors to enter new markets or ramp up product innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

They can signal to the market the types of investors they wish to own their shares. The board of directors and top management should spend the largest chunk of their time communicating with long-term investors. Globally, these asset owners manage significant sums, exceeding $50 trillion at the end of 2009.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Anyone who has worked inside a large organization can rattle off a lengthy list of the things that regularly kill promising ideas: conflict with existing businesses, naysayers, management turmoil, insufficient resources. Sometimes that requires creating a separate operating structure. Here are six ways to change that.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The result is the reconstitution or destruction of industries, creation of new market spaces, and reshaping of old industry ecosystems. CEOs cannot manage their silos via hub-and-spoke and expect digital expertise to be properly incorporated in key decisions. Make the tough calls on people. Find new ways to motivate the legacy people.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

But because we failed to hammer out exactly how we would operate (including our respective roles and responsibilities), infighting distracted from operating, cash became a concern, and the business slowly, then quickly, imploded. My husband and I lost a painful lot of money. It was devastating.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

While novices are urged to start small and do their due diligence and research prior to getting involved with investments, there is a reason why some people choose to jump right in. The stock market is a big draw for novice investors looking for a big payday, and sometimes they do hit big. Remaining Calm During Market Shifts.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

Remember Long-Term Capital Management ? It comprises a range of conceptual and analytical operations, including problem definition, signal processing, pattern recognition, abstraction and conceptualization, analysis, and prediction. Further second- and third-order interactions occur downstream.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

John Lees, the UK-based career strategist and author of How to Get a Job You Love , agrees that it’s important to do further “due diligence” on the company and its people to make sure it’s a place you want to work. “Is it market factors? Talk to the hiring manager about potential paths.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

healthcare organizations like JHM tend to enter into types of partnerships that don’t require them to operate in a substantially new way such as with other large domestic healthcare institutions, or with local hospitals. Critically, for every region we have a dedicated manager capable of championing a project there. Embrace risk.

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