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Why Startups Fail: Six Issues to Avoid

Leading Blog

The four elements in the diamond collectively specify the opportunity : what the venture will offer and to whom; its plan for technology and operations; its marketing approach; and how the venture will make money. Marketing: How much to spend on marketing. . Marketing: How much to spend on marketing.

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The Perils of Being an Early Innovator

Lead Change Blog

Recently, I’ve been reminded of a lesson that I already thought I had learned but which I find still bears repeating…and it’s a tough pill to swallow. “I really don’t like doing what’s already been done and I see gaps on what still needs to get done, so I guess that’s where my ideas come from.” ” “I know!”

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Is Your Organization Digitally Mature?

Leading Blog

Technology changes faster than individuals can adopt it (the adoption gap ); individuals adapt more quickly to that change than organizations can (the adaptation gap ), and organizations adjust more quickly than legal and societal institutions can (the assimilation gap ). What Skills Do Digital Leaders Need?

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Start a Business at Any Age

Skip Prichard

Ageless startups are organized to help people contribute their ideas and skills to markets and communities they are passionate about. Communities and markets that people love and respect will be under significant pressure to reinvent themselves. People do not start selling early enough. Nobody wants to do sales.

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Essential Elements Of A Business Website in 2021

Strategy Driven

Early adopters of the internet will remember just how odd our early engagements with the web were. Often, as an early adopter, you would type in a URL from a piece of paper you’d scrawled it upon, and this would take you to a website with a background that made overly heavy use of graphics. Content is still king.

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Leaders Can’t Execute Strategy

Great Leadership By Dan

This has left a skills gap among today’s leaders that heavily contributes to the downfall of company attempts to execute their strategy, resulting in loss of market and shareholder value. To Build Excellence and ensure traction, it’s critical to communicate what’s working, including the lessons learned. Kaplan and David P.

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The New Roadmap For Entrepreneurial Success

Eric Jacobson

Success with early adopters can be misleading and give founders unwarranted confidence to expand. Question: Do you believe someone is more likely to be a successful entrepreneur if they previously worked in a non-entrepreneur business? And, they do so with a minimum of wasted effort – hence the term, Minimum Viable Product.