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Why Startups Fail: Six Issues to Avoid

Leading Blog

The four elements in the diamond collectively specify the opportunity : what the venture will offer and to whom; its plan for technology and operations; its marketing approach; and how the venture will make money. Marketing: How much to spend on marketing. Customer Value Proposition: This is the most important.

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3 Drivers of China’s Booming Electric Vehicle Market

Harvard Business Review

Norway, and other Scandinavian nations were early adopters of EVs, and Germany and Japan have long been automotive powerhouses, their EV markets have lagged in mass market adoption compared to China. While the U.S., How did China get to this point?

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The 5 Habits of Mind that Self-Made Billionaires Possess

Leading Blog

Imagine what Atari might have achieved if Steve Jobs had stayed there to develop the first mass market personal computer. Self-made billionaires effectively operate in a world of dualities—they seamlessly hold on to multiple ideas, multiple perspectives, and multiple scales. Patient Urgency. Taking a Relative View of Risk.

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It’s Time To Stop VCs Driving Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

For instance, according to standard investing metrics, to accrue a $1 billion valuation would require an expectation that the business would eventually secure pre-tax operating profits of around $200 million, which while certainly no walk in the park is equally not excessively ambitious.

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How I Discovered My Leadership Secret Weapon

Terry Starbucker

Today’s story is about how I found my leadership secret weapon – an operational metric that could play a key role in our march to greatness, and provide a critical link between great customer service and profit. Our competitors offered more channels at a very competitive price, and were able to mass market.

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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. They look at 9 Building Blocks that form the business canvas. These are: Customer Segments – An organization serves one or several customer segments.

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3 Kinds of Jobs That Will Thrive as Automation Advances

Harvard Business Review

And it’s not just low skilled, manual labor that’s at risk — “knowledge” work like operational analytics and marketing is also being taken over by sophisticated artificial intelligence algorithms. So, what’s the result?