The calculation defines gain in financial terms. We need to consider intangible returns - gains in learning, brand authenticity, and cultural improvement, for instance, which make a bigger difference in the long run. In today’s world, financial measures alone are too narrow. Revenue, profit, productivity, etc. The result? MORE >>

Investors are increasingly seeking firms with long-term growth strategies, rather than ones focused on managing short-term earnings to boost the stock price. Do away with the game of quarterly earnings guidance, and instead articulate to investors your “strategic framework for long-term value creation.” MORE >>

The M&A markets are frothy, corporations are investing in Silicon Valley labs, and even PhDs looking for jobs in business schools are finding it tough to find homes without “innovation” somewhere in their background. But it’s an idea that demands attention, investment, and a long view of the market. MORE >>

While last week’s jobs numbers extolled a decline in the national unemployment rate, the numbers for the long-term unemployed didn’t even budge. . One of the cruelest aspects of how our labor market currently works is that one’s past hard work and successes can become the very thing that keeps one from finding a new job. MORE >>

Your assumptions may be wrong about the market, customers and the product need. 2. A big company may be working on solving the exact same problem and could crush you to pieces (not literally, of course). 3. Markets may move making your product or solution irrelevant. 8. You may be spending too little on marketing causing slow growth. MORE >>