N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Entrepreneur coaching can be a transformative experience for both emerging and seasoned business leaders. Through the guidance of experienced professionals who have successfully built and scaled businesses, entrepreneurs gain access to invaluable knowledge that can reshape how they approach challenges and make decisions. The result?

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 18, 2021

They watch the highlight reels of great leaders and think: “I’m no entrepreneur like [insert name here].” Before they even get started down the path of innovation, they decide coming up with fresh ideas and/or securing funding isn’t in their wheelhouse. You don’t have to make it big in business to be an entrepreneur.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Starting a business can be daunting for low-income entrepreneurs, who often fear failure, a widely recognized concern. A recent study by an expert from the Keough School of Global Affairs delves into this overlooked aspect and provides five practical suggestions to assist entrepreneurs in overcoming this fear and breaking free from poverty.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

There is a growing number of entrepreneurs around the world, with recent estimates suggesting nearly 600 million people run their own businesses. After all, at its heart, it is an unpredictable and uncertain process that requires entrepreneurs and their teams to pivot as circumstances and market conditions change.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Female entrepreneurs pursuing innovative business ventures face a significant hurdle in securing funding due to unconscious bias exhibited by investors, as revealed by a study conducted by Northeastern University. The study highlights a particular instance that exemplifies the implicit biases at play.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Indeed, the researchers found that training in so-called “catalyst-growth tools” enabled founders to achieve a boost in sales of around 72%, which represents around 40% more than entrepreneurs who didn’t get the same support. Targeted training.

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CO2

JANUARY 4, 2024

Understanding the Minneapolis Business Landscape A Minneapolis Business Coach for Entrepreneurs offers much more than generic advice. Innovative Mindset : The city’s burgeoning reputation as an innovation hub ensures coaches are equipped with modern, forward-thinking business strategies.

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CO2

JANUARY 4, 2024

Understanding the Minneapolis Business Landscape A Minneapolis Business Coach for Entrepreneurs offers much more than generic advice. Innovative Mindset : The city’s burgeoning reputation as an innovation hub ensures coaches are equipped with modern, forward-thinking business strategies.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Visibility is normally something entrepreneurs strive for. Research from Iowa State University highlights that things aren’t so straightforward in developing countries, however, as greater visibility might make entrepreneurs more likely to be victims of crime. An active target “Sometimes criminals just seize an opportunity.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 15, 2024

“The fact is that most companies are structured to maximize efficiency and minimize risk, resulting in an environment that ultimately prevents meaningful innovations,” explains Elliott Parker , author of the new book, The Illusion of Innovation. Thank you to the book’s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The study finds that when using crowdfunding, female entrepreneurs can especially benefit from using innovative language when launching their campaigns, with this found to work even when launching in traditionally male categories. Innovation language. Female success.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 19, 2024

When I looked back into history to track the origins of some of the everyday innovations we take for granted today, I found that every inventor tended to embody some or all of these same traits. It took a financial entrepreneur, Charles Flint, to merge several of these companies, creating International Business Machines (IBM) in 1924.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 15, 2019

In this chronological account beginning with the American Revolution, the genius of America’s innovative success is not only its tolerance of but also its penchant for creative destruction. The authors talk not only of the familiar product innovation but also America’s process innovation—innovation in management and organizing production.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Research from the USC Marshall School of Business finds that social entrepreneurs appear to struggle more than those raising money for other causes, however. Social impact The researchers wanted to test how social entrepreneurs can better attract support for their projects through crowdfunding.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Research from George Mason University suggests that the majority of entrepreneurs actually resist describing themselves as such during these kinds of occasions. “We We also did not find major differences attributable to gender, even though prior research suggests that women face barriers when developing an entrepreneur identity.”

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 8, 2024

It might seem intuitive to assume that entrepreneurs have a growth mindset inbuilt within them as they’re not only aiming to change the world in some small way, but also have to rapidly adapt to the changing circumstances they encounter. “They would tell us, ‘If God wanted me to be rich, then I would be rich.’

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Women on Business

MARCH 14, 2012

Being a modern day figure in the marketplace of female empowerment leader and spiritual innovator leads one to believe that my life is my message, my image is my brand, my ideas are what the public is searching and looking for, if I come from that singular identity, then I am way off track. Do you ask for referrals and then follow up?

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 13, 2022

It’s pretty well established that immigrants make excellent entrepreneurs, as the fresh perspective they bring to their new home affords them the opportunity to innovate, while a lack of familiarity with local systems and networks makes starting a business an attractive option for many. Barriers to success.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 27, 2021

One might imagine that such intrinsic motivation is even more prevalent among social entrepreneurs, who by their very definition are focused primarily on improving various social, environmental, or cultural issues. ” Missionary entrepreneurs. ” Missionary entrepreneurs. .” ” Missionary entrepreneurs.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 16, 2023

Stress and burnout have been regular bedfellows during the Covid pandemic, and one might imagine that this is a particular problem for entrepreneurs whose incomes were inevitably more fragile. They believe that this might be due in part to the high degree of autonomy that is available to entrepreneurs.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 7, 2022

Jeff Bezos famously remarked that he prefers entrepreneurs to be missionaries than mercenaries, so it perhaps stands to reason that many entrepreneurs create their businesses with a clear desire to make the world a better place. Sustainable ambitions.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 8, 2022

When we talk of entrepreneurs there is a tendency to think in terms of Hernan Cortes, the famous Spanish explorer who burned his ships upon landing in Mexico in order to convince his men that there was no turning back. The post Are Entrepreneurs Better Off Keeping Their Day Jobs? Hedging bets. Having a plan B.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 8, 2023

“It’s what we call non disruptive creation that allows us to innovate and grow without disruption and social pain,” share the authors W. Nondisruptive creation has three distinctive characteristics : First : It can be generated by a scientific invention or a technology-driven innovation. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

However, studies reveal that gender bias often leads to women entrepreneurs being denied loans more frequently than men. Consequently, evaluators often prefer male entrepreneurs over their female counterparts, perpetuating the gender gap in access to financial resources for business ventures. There’s a staggering $1.7

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 23, 2023

The researchers look particularly at refugees that establish a business in their adopted homeland, and how providing support for these refugee entrepreneurs can produce a ripple effect that spreads throughout the community. The post The Values Refugee Entrepreneurs Bring To Society first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Indeed, female entrepreneurs were found to generate roughly twice the financial return on investment for backers than their male peers. This indicates to us that the practice of matching female investors to female entrepreneurs might be counterproductive.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 9, 2023

While Winston Churchill was famously supposed to have remarked that we should never waste a crisis, the reality is that during recessions, firms often tighten their belts and reduce the amount they invest in innovation. “We examine innovation following the Great Depression using data on a century’s worth of U.S.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 13, 2023

Research from Kennesaw State University supports this notion and argues that differences in the way men and women think may give female entrepreneurs an advantage. Entrepreneurial decision making The researchers quizzed nearly 1,000 entrepreneurs from three countries to understand how they make business decisions.

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Michael Lee Stallard

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Recently, I have been encouraged by conversations with several young entrepreneurs who are tapping into the power of human connection and creating ways to bring people together. I shared these young innovators’ stories in an article published by Entrepreneur. Image: A Craftwork Coffee Co.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Famous entrepreneurs, such as Elon Musk and Steve Jobs, are often portrayed as mythical creatures who have left the womb imbued with the talent, burning desire, and tolerance for risk-taking required to be the exceptional entrepreneurs they ultimately became. The reality isn’t quite so romantic. Supporting entrepreneurship.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

You can read a previous article in which I discuss some of the main ways society currently holds back female entrepreneurs. For instance, society has a bias towards viewing men as more creative and innovative, despite the opposite being the case. Female entrepreneurs. first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Nearly ten years ago, a group of researchers from Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and Rutgers shed light on a disconcerting phenomenon: discrimination within the realm of bank loan services, which cast a shadow over the American Dream for minority entrepreneurs.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Startups are renowned for their creativity and innovation, but this can often dry up once the unique pressures of going public are imposed on a firm. Research from Duke University explores why some companies have managed to remain innovative after going public while others have struggled. Free from pressure.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 12, 2024

Is it true that once you’re an entrepreneur, you’re always an entrepreneur? The research suggests that former entrepreneurs can shift from running their own businesses to becoming successful employees within a company, especially in positions that let them use their entrepreneurial energy. ”

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 2, 2024

A great leader not only steers their team toward achieving business goals but also drives innovation, motivates employees, and adapts to shifting market conditions. For entrepreneurs, continuously developing and honing these leadership abilities is crucial to staying ahead.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 2, 2022

The entrepreneurial learning curve is often an extremely steep one, with entrepreneurs picking up the tools of the trade at a rapid pace as they try to grow their businesses. The researchers tracked over 300 entrepreneurs as they launched over 700 technology hardware projects on Kickstarter between 2010 and 2019. Pivoting successfully.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 10, 2024

Innovation is something that not only drives society forward but is something that all organizations strive for in a bid to maintain or enhance their market position. It’s equally well known that those proposing innovations often face intense opposition from those within the status quo.

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