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Design Matters

N2Growth Blog

Are you likely to adopt a new software application that is poorly designed? You bring up Apple, a shining example (no pun intended) of design being part and parcel of brand. While this position may seem a bit harsh, it is nonetheless true. In today’s blog post I’ll examine why design matters.

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What to Do When Your Future Strategy Clashes with Your Present

Harvard Business Review

Drawing on a powerful tool from the finance world, they conceived of those collections operating as portfolios — each with a specific business objective and time horizon. That could involve targeting new geographies, developing new products, taking advantage of new technologies, or devising new business models.

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Europe’s Other Crisis: A Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

And a recently released report suggests that Europe’s digital divide problem extends way beyond the Atlantic; Europe is a distant third behind North America and Asia for $100 million plus financing for VC backed companies. Europe’s gap is concentrated heavily in electronics, software, and internet services.

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