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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. Why didn’t IBM see Dell coming? How did Microsoft not keep Google at bay?

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Business Model Architecture | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

While most C-level execs have a general idea of what I’m referring to, it is also quite clear that most can’t even begin to define it, much less articulate the specific constructs of a sound business model. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc.,

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Building a Digital-First Culture: The Chief Digital Officer’s Blueprint

N2Growth Blog

The CDO role is instrumental in identifying and integrating new technologies and business models that enhance organizational performance. This holistic strategy should encompass all business areas, including operations, finance, marketing, and customer service. Prioritizing customer experience is crucial.

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Doing Well By Doing Good With Darrin Williams, CEO Southern Bancorp

N2Growth Blog

Darrin had spent the last decade reinventing this sleepy bank—revamping the bank’s finances, providing liquidity to investors, raining new capital, and doubling down on operational efficiencies—and turning the organization into a regional bank that people truly admired. And it caught Professor Henderson’s eye.

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Business Model Innovation Will Be Key To Emerge From Covid Well

The Horizons Tracker

A new paper from the University of Cambridge argues that business model innovation will be key to emerging from the pandemic in the best economic health. “We propose that recent developments in digital technology offers the opportunity to accelerate productivity growth through business model innovation.

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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Tangential Opportunity

N2Growth Blog

The CFO candidate might get by with only a broad sector experience in manufacturing, finance, or technology. From experience keeping an eye on a candidate’s knowledge of how a specific business model works are essential and non-negotiable. If the position is operational, hire an operations manager and a finance head. .

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Capital vs. Influence

N2Growth Blog

Let me take this thinking one step further…I simply wouldn’t recommend clients accept capital from investors who can’t wield influence on their behalf, and add significant non-financial value to their business model.

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