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Capital vs. Influence

N2Growth Blog

The bottom line is this; I view one of the primary obligations of venture capital and private equity firms to be to drive collaboration and innovation across their portfolio companies. The moral of this story is don’t get so hung-up on valuation that you fail to get the in the trenches expertise your company will need in future.

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The Insiders Guide to Communicating the Big Picture

Let's Grow Leaders

She’s tried everything: more recognition, contests, she even came in dressed as a superhero to try to get the team riled up. Each of these stunts worked for a day or so, but then the results returned to their normal mediocre state and the stress levels creeped right back up. You Don’t Fully Understand It.

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Dinosaurs, Big Consulting Firms and Disruptive Innovation

N2Growth Blog

Due to poor service and escalating fees from large banks, clients are now looking for alternatives to big banking and thus the rise in FX houses, private financing and the fast growing phenomenon of crowd-funding. GLOBAL CONSULTING & DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION.

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Moving Beyond Company Organization Silos: Lessons from the Aviation Industry

Leading Blog

In fact, deep lessons can be taught from aviation for most industries and companies who want to operate efficiently and effectively across organizational silos — those insidious barriers that wreak havoc on a company’s efficiency, collaboration, and, ultimately, its bottom line. logistics, and finance. finance, I.T.,

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Fixing the Game: What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL

Leading Blog

In 1976, Harvard finance professor Michael Jensen and Dean William Meekling of the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester published a paper entitled Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure [ PDF ]. THE STORY BEGINS.

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Leaders: Born or Made? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

They were the born leaders we all grew up with. I meant this post to be more of a thinking exercise than a choosing-up sides and fighting till the bitter end drill. They were your class presidents, team captains, club leaders, and the people who held virtually all the available leadership positions you can imagine early in life.

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Who's In Charge?

N2Growth Blog

Bottom line…personal responsibility and accountability have always been the ultimate leadership “hot potato&# in that everyone wants to be in charge, but few are willing to take ownership of the never-ending obligations that go along with the privilege of leadership. What say you??? 2 Tweets Who’s In Charge?

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