N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

It is my opinion that when you start to define your personal success by the value you add to the lives of others you have arrived as a mature human being who possesses true influence and has become a person of significance. I concur that it is of no use to sit in judgment of others, and applaud you for the maturity that position displays.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

Only the mature and those who have a measure of success truly learn the niche to proper branding. Thanks Deborah. pastortom2022 Great post Mike and especially to many of us who have not experienced a great level of success or notoriety. Many of us are victims of our own over-branding and actually have little to offer.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

The number of activities a CEO takes on can certainly vary based upon skill sets, stage of corporate maturation, and the talent level of the rest of the executive team. Great leaders model the behaviors they expect of others.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

The business absolutely needs energetic and emotionally mature leaders for it to prosper. Strategic Plan includes provisions for refinancing, equity and debt financing. Finance charges are negotiated. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame is now out in all three e-book formats: iTunes , Kindle , and Nook.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

All great leaders develop a sense of their blind-spots and weaknesses as they mature. Most of us when going through our academic years simply aren't experienced enough to understand the gravity and totality of what we're being fed, or not fed as the case may be…Thanks as always for sharing Dan. Thanks for stopping by Scott.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

He is extremely mature emotionally and described his ability to separate from the emotions of a situation. link] mikemyatt Hi George: Agreed with one caveat, which is the ability to separate yourself from emotions. I was actually having this conversation last night with a man that I hold in high regard. This applies to everyone!) [.]

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

In a highly productive organization the power and influence of your voice is earned through trust and performance, and not entitlement. A lesson in the power of brevity from Mr. Weiss… [link] Dan Rockwell Hi John, I like what you said in your book about team decision making. silence) … great then lets move forward.

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Chris Brady

MARCH 29, 2010

How dare they think formative thought and maturity of mind Are substitutes for platitudes and posters. Thanks for empowering formative thought and maturity of mind so we learn to rise about the platitudes that have gotten us into this mess. It is us against them, who think they are beautiful. How dare they? Is our rally cry!

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 3, 2018

Our words are powerful. When the issue, however, has an undetermined solution, especially if the decision could alter the direction of the organization, impact other people or require a change in the organization’s finances, then the leader needs to learn to think strategically in the moment. It happens all the time to all of us.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

One of the things I look most forward to is watching Chris continue to develop and refine his thoughts as the medium advances and matures. His concepts on social media modeling exemplify the best in blending of new media and common sense. link] Allan W. Your comment got me thinking, which grew long enough to warrant a blog post: [link].

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Chris Brady

OCTOBER 18, 2010

They are the tools of the mature, reserved for individuals committed to maximizing their gifts and making a difference in this world. Conversely, bad choices also compound over time. What one does in the little moments show up in big outcomes over time. These three components explain the greatest achievements of mankind.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Less noticed, though, is ICOs appear almost antithetical to the standard approach to financing a risky venture. In fact, ICOs have upended the conventional pattern of staged experimentation and fundraising.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Given that those companies were all venture-financed and emerged from Silicon Valley, you might assume that the key ingredients that have ensured their success were cutting-edge technologies, digital platforms, and customer bases that were chiefly made up of digital natives.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2013

was the largest trader of natural gas and electricity, owned the largest wind power company, and owned a large electric utility in the Northwest. The loss of the investment-grade designation also accelerated other debt maturities. Were the rating agencies aware of Enron''s oft-maligned financing structures?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2017

To understand where this new mobility might take us, it’s important to distinguish between two types of AI-powered motor vehicles: self-driving and driverless. By contrast, driverless vehicle adoption depends on overcoming three factors: infrastructure maturity, technology readiness, and regulation. Of the large markets, the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Over the past few decades, Silicon Valley has been such a powerful engine for entrepreneurship in technology that, all too often, it is considered to be some kind of panacea. If you have an idea to apply mature technology to a well-understood problem, it’s relatively easy to get it financed. Jurgen Ziewe/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

The customer's voice has a new champion sitting at the highest levels of power in companies. They have power and influence resources. Our operations departments were focused on our products and services, our finance teams on collecting payments, and our sales and business development teams on meeting short-term revenue goals.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

For example, the French global energy player ENGIE recently tilted its primary dimension from product (such as power, services, and infrastructure) toward region in order to better serve its clients in the territories in which it operates. When a company reorganizes, it’s often because the strategy has also changed. Don’t pretend.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Machine learning is a powerful tool, but it’s not right for everything.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

With these tools, every employee can get some of the powers previously available only to CEOs. “Model” here means business rules, like rules for approving loans or adjusting power consumption in data centers. These tools can aid with monitoring and predicting (e.g., Insight Center. The Automation Age. Sponsored by KPMG.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

rubber trees take years to mature.". Eric looked back at the student and said, "Couldn''t you take some of that grant money and haul in some mature trees to test your assumptions?" To us, there are few better examples at demonstrating the power of the Lean Startup. You can''t just ask for it. You''ve got to work to build it.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2013

That the story is so markedly different in India is due to the economic dynamo that women help power. in 2012 , the outlook is far healthier than in many mature markets of Europe and North America, fueling an ongoing war for talent. Even though the torrid growth of the past decade cooled to 5.3%

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Rather asking for help is a sign of maturity as a leader. Without question the most successful business people on the planet are those that have learned to blow through self-imposed barriers to openly harness the power of broader spheres of influence. For sometime now believing in the power of mentor-ship.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Experiences power that growth cycle, so you’ll want to understand which experiences matter most and gain as many of them as quickly as possible. Think of growth as a cycle — successfully perform, get feedback, and perform again even better. A regularly updated personal experience map will help you chart your path.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

How much power do you or others have to change that environment? A shaping strategy is best in unpredictable environments that you have the power to change. A mature industry that's similarly fragmented and not dominated by a few powerful incumbents, or is stagnant and ripe for disruption, is also likely to be similarly malleable.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

With the leadership of Opportunity's Geralyn Sheehan , a CED specialist, we forged ahead, investing resources to build programs in four areas: agriculture financing, training, and processing; artisan training and product distribution; a rural technical high school and community infrastructure; and leadership development work.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

As the cryptocurrency has matured, it’s often been criticized for its inability to match the performance of existing payment networks and meet the requirements of financial systems and governments. As cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and distributed ledgers continue to mature, where might they be applied next? Insight Center.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Along the way – I also help them find their value, their markets, their best market entry strategy and then help them power into the market. These eBooks apply the lessons of Defy Gravity to specific business situations, for example, turn-arounds, small businesses and mature companies that have leveled off. I love my life!

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

So how do you know when your skills have matured to the point that you’ve become an excellent communicator? The message is not about the messenger; it has nothing to do with messenger; it is however 100% about meeting the needs and the expectations of those you’re communicating with. He might be having difficulties.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Companies with dual-class shares have two designations of common stock, typically A shares and B shares, with one class having more powerful voting rights than the other. Firms with growth opportunities as well as the need for external equity financing often convert to dual-class shares. stock exchanges. stock exchanges.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In too many cases, other countries are securing new industries by taking advantage of promising results from America’s federal research investments: maturing innovations that were seeded in U.S. For example, France used a combination of national public policy and procurement to build a world-class nuclear power industry.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2017

While their innovative products have been a boon to consumers in mature economies, the resulting efficiency and security benefits have largely bypassed the 2 billion consumers in the developing world who lack formal banking services altogether. As the company put it in a blog post , “The key to flexible earnings is flexible financing.”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

We have more than 100 data scientists that power algorithmic capabilities used throughout the company. Statistical measures like AUC, RMSE, and R-squared quantify the amount of predictive power the data scientist’s exploration is adding. Don’t bury it under another department like marketing, product, finance, etc.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Like it or not, the reality (in supply chains, as elsewhere) is that power is asymmetrical – large customers typically have more clout than you do, and they know it. Collins’ new capability, matured and developed by a dominant major customer, is now a competitive and profitable business area for the company.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

In effect, they all had skin in the game, which remains one of the most elusive elements of modern finance. Part of the driver of these unclaimed funds is known as longevity risk : People living longer means more life insurance policies mature and the memory of who was insured and where physical policy documents may reside fades.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Hailed in the 1960s as bastions of sophisticated management, they used cheap financing to acquire, then rationalize, many family-owned firms. With GE’s recent announcement to split off its remaining finance operations , and Honeywell also considering divestment, the pressure on these groups remains in force.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Digital players wield outsize market power. In this category, we primarily looked at three subcategories: inputs (financing options, talent retention, startup capacity), process (how sophisticated are firms’ business processes, and what’s the level of R&D?), Innovation and change.

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