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Teaching The Skills Entrepreneurs Need To Scale Their Business

The Horizons Tracker

Entrepreneurship is undoubtedly difficult, and while many have strong technical skills, the art and science of running a business are often somewhat harder to master. “In addition to business model innovation, practitioners stress the importance of social capital for entrepreneurs. . Skills for scaling.

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The Importance Of Place For Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

It’s widely accepted that entrepreneurship is vital for economic vitality both in terms of the new innovations that come to market and the jobs that are created. Location plays such a fundamental role because so much of our social capital is location specific. Social capital. Supporting ambitions.

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

Innovation Capital. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. That’s why I enjoyed talking with Jeff Dyer who, along with Nathan Furr and Curtis Lefrandt, wrote a new book, Innovation Capital: How to Compete and Win Like the World’s Innovative Leaders.

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Do We Prefer Our Colleagues To Be Friendly Than Competent?

The Horizons Tracker

“We assume that people are selected for important task forces and teams because of the knowledge, skills and abilities they bring to the table. “As might be expected, anyone who was very strong in terms of signaling both their human and social capital were extremely sought after. ” Ideal teammates.

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Why Innovation is not "Invented Here"

Coaching Tip

Beyond alarming questions of what is "fair" to the innovators themselves, few have considered how these human capital controls might impact the quality and quantity of innovation--and ultimately economic growth. In LEAPFROGGING , author Soren Kaplan reveals why this command-and-control mindset is exactly what stymies innovation.

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Wraparound Support Is Key To Ensuring An Equitable And Fair Future Of Work

The Horizons Tracker

It was a time in which there was a lot of innovation around new educational opportunities, but early evidence showed that most consumers of these opportunities were those already well placed to cope with the changes being seen across society. Social capital. Providing support.

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Elizabeth Pieters accepted into Forbes Human Resources Council

N2Growth Blog

Forbes Councils combines an innovative, high-touch approach to community management perfected by the team behind Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) with the extensive resources and global reach of Forbes. Liz Pieters serves as Chief People Officer at N2Growth and is responsible for N2Growth’s people strategy and operations worldwide.