N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I had decided to go over and stay at a hotel on 9/10 in order to make the early morning meeting and beat the commute. When I walked out of the hotel the first plane had just hit and smoke was coming from the tower. What followed the remainder of the day on 9/11 was a combination of heroic and eerie.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Consult Professionals Navigating the complexities of retirement finances is challenging to do alone. A reputable advisor will assess your current finances, future goals, risk tolerance, and potential medical needs to create a customized retirement roadmap. Pay Off Debt Entering retirement with no debt is the ideal scenario.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

By now, we have all heard a great deal about marketing to Millennials. If they don’t like a company’s product, or an experience they had, the whole world will know about it. If they don’t like a company’s product, or an experience they had, the whole world will know about it. The New Tools of Marketing.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Businesses are more profitable and productive when they act ethically, treat their staff well, and communicate better with their customers, according to the latest Lady Geek Global Empathy Index. Many British firms have been slow to recognize the direct correlation between corporate empathy and growth and productivity. Consumer Goods.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

For my company, I focused on a big market and found a profitable and attractive niche. Are you selling a lower margin product that will take time to gain traction? Plan for a realistic amount of sales and interest so you can conservatively manage your finances. Your product or service should offer true value.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

In this context, they see bartering as a way to steer around the restrictions imposed by cash and credit, to extract value from perishable or underperforming assets, and to expand channels to market and find new customers. Haymarket Exhibitions made part payment for advertising using tickets to their exhibitions.

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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

DECEMBER 14, 2011

As my colleagues noted in a Harvard Business Review article earlier this year, the extremes in most Asian markets are well served. Multinationals are increasingly tasking their Asian outposts with developing regionally appropriate solutions that might "trickle up" to established markets. The race for the middle.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Here are three things that Western investors should want from African entrepreneurs: a focus on the top of the pyramid, control over factors of production, and innovation in distribution rather than in products. Factors of Production. Today his Nice Rice Mill processes 70% of the region’s rice production.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2016

A second set of entrepreneurs focus on information goods and think of IT as the product. But today there is a third approach, one that will become the dominant path for most entrepreneurs, especially those building information products. It has several key benefits: Speeds time-to-market. Take a company like Airbnb.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

As of February 2016, the top 10 unicorns for market capitalization are: Uber, Xiaomi, Airbnb, Palantir, Meituan-Dianping, Snapchat, Didi Kuaidi, Flipkart, and SpaceX. Financed by VC firms. billion in a single round of equity financing, the largest private fundraising round for a VC-backed startup ever. Narrowly focused.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Compared to professions like engineering or business disciplines like Finance or Operations, the concept of a dedicated salesperson is relatively recent. Even when the boom in MBA programs coincided with the rise of Marketing as a discipline, Sales was treated like a stepchild at best. But a lot has changed.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

Ever thought air mattresses in living rooms would grow into a billion dollar company that would take on the vacation rental market and the hotel industry? Billion-dollar companies do not happen if the founding team is not extremely well suited to the market (now called " founder/market fit ").

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

Ever thought air mattresses in living rooms would grow into a billion dollar company that would take on the vacation rental market and the hotel industry? Billion-dollar companies do not happen if the founding team is not extremely well suited to the market (now called " founder/market fit ").

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2013

There''s no question that consumers have more power than ever before to call attention to bad products, services, and experiences. Of course, as anyone who''s applied for a loan or credit card well knows, rating customers is an integral part of global finance. Accountability and transparency cut both ways.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. How successful has the company been at creating new products, services, and business models?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Recently, I wrote about Akamai, a company with strong network effects that successfully transitioned from a single product to build a platform that garners over a billion dollars in revenue and is now a core part of the Internet's fabric. TripAdvisor, in effect, was a model lean start-up with an engineering-driven, product-focused founder.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Anyone who spends so much time on our taxes should at least get to taste the product.". After all, Brooks was the one who'd spent five years working on beverage deals in the investment banking division at Morgan Stanley and had recognized the growth opportunities in the premium liquor market. Just a few more questions. With my cousin?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

According to the Global Impact Investing Network, the market for impact capital, currently sized at $60 billion, could grow over the next decade to $2 trillion, or 1% of global invested assets. Product : Investments in products or services that have positive social benefits. Everyone agrees that impact investing is on the rise.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Each morning at my hotel I received the China Daily , the countrys main English-language newspaper. The article shows how the Dutch firm AkzoNobel is growing in China, particularly through products that help customers reduce environmental footprint in the shipping and building sectors.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Utility bills in major markets have been consistently increasing faster than inflation and are forecasted to continue to do so. Many leading companies, including Wal-Mart , InterContinental Hotels , and many others are already seeing improvements to their bottom line from the solar/battery approach.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

Like many of the Big Bang Disruptors we track, drones are piggybacking off the smartphone revolution, which has built efficient global markets for increasingly cheap off-the shelf cameras, processors, gyroscopes, accelerometers, and software that can be embedded in UAS. Many use smartphones and tablets as their controllers.). Both the U.K.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

million records), Wyndham Hotels (600,000 credit cards), eHarmony (1.5 Boards should require that CEO candidates demonstrate not just knowledge of finance and marketing but also a technology aptitude. Data breaches are on the rise, with a 44% increase in the number of records exposed from 2011 to 2012. million records).

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

“You need to be seen as credible” when you’re talking about the financial implications of your initiative to the finance group, for instance. “That’s the language of marketing,” says Butman. “It was the first hotel chain to ask, is [every day] linen changing necessary?”

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2017

The study also found that consumers are more likely to call a business when making a high-value purchase in verticals such as auto, finance, or travel. According to the advertising and marketing advisory firm BIA/Kelsey , calls to businesses are expected to exceed 169 billion per year by 2020. Insight Center.

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