Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Individuals or partners develop a plan and iterate as new information arises. Models are developed, scrutinized, and refined. I've learned that from my nearly forty years of working with scientists and clinicians to transform inventions into successful commercial products. Develop living plans that are regularly updated.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 27, 2021

One might imagine that such intrinsic motivation is even more prevalent among social entrepreneurs, who by their very definition are focused primarily on improving various social, environmental, or cultural issues. ” Missionary entrepreneurs. ” Missionary entrepreneurs. .” ” Missionary entrepreneurs.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 8, 2022

When we talk of entrepreneurs there is a tendency to think in terms of Hernan Cortes, the famous Spanish explorer who burned his ships upon landing in Mexico in order to convince his men that there was no turning back. “ There is value in gaining concrete evidence, real-time market feedback, that your product or service works.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The pace of innovation in business is rapid. In this growing sector of commerce, there have been some key developments in recent times. These applications effectively support remote working and ensure that businesses can achieve high levels of productivity without needing to rely on centralized physical premises.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 29, 2021

Being an entrepreneur is undoubtedly a stressful experience as you struggle to develop a product or service that is attractive to the market with minimal resources and little in the way of income. The research explores some strategies that can be deployed to help entrepreneurs cope with those stresses.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 16, 2013

The best way to discover them is to ask those who have overcome the odds to tell their stories, and that’s what the Oregon Entrepreneur’s Network (OEN) did last week here in Portland, inviting 15 Oregon entrepreneurs to speak at their first OEN Summit.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 1, 2023

Keeping up with the competition in today’s fast-paced business world calls for constant learning and development. Professional development has emerged as a vital tool for business owners and engineers alike to enhance their skills, drive innovation, and achieve long-term success.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

Uptime : A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing by Laura Mae Martin Google’s Executive Productivity Advisor offers insights on how to make the “new way of work” work for you, providing actionable steps to optimize your productivity, accomplish more, prevent burnout, and cultivate a harmonious work-life balance.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 5, 2022

The deluge of easy money into the sector has prompted many would-be entrepreneurs to take their eye off the ball, and whereas Peter Drucker famously said that the only real purpose of a business is to create a customer, the current entrepreneurial landscape allows founders to get rich without worrying too much about that.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 4, 2022

While attending events like HIMSS, there is a distinct sense of so-called “make and sell” involved, with companies certain that if they can only make a nice enough product that it will inevitably transform healthcare for the better. All of these things take time, energy, and money. .’s

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Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2019

W E LIVE IN the age of the entrepreneur. Their greatest fear is no longer their closest competitor, but the startups which, although they live in metaphorical garages and have hardly taken off, have an innovation power that established organizations can only dream of possessing. The Three Tracks of Innovation.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Female entrepreneurs often have to work against the odds in order to succeed, with various societal factors working against them. The research examines the Product Hunt platform, where entrepreneurs can test out their concept among early adopters, who offer feedback on whether the product is good or not. Gender gap.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2023

Beyond Disruption : Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne offer up a bold, new idea that will transform how we all think about innovation and growth. Disruption dominates innovation theory and practice. Disruption dominates innovation theory and practice.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Like the weather, many leaders talk about agility and innovation, but few managers do much about it. Unlike the weather, there’s a great deal managers can do about building agile and innovative cultures. New products and services can be “knocked off” or copied. It’s a big competitive edge.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Much like the process of human development, a business venture requires a significant amount of time to progress from its conceptual stage to official incorporation. In rapidly changing environments, swift entrepreneurs can capitalize on fleeting opportunities. Adapting products to existing demand instead of seeking specific customers.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

It was a fitting tribute to the man who personified invention and innovation. So, let’s take a moment and consider four things about innovation that you can learn from Thomas Edison. Innovation Is A Team Sport. Edison knew that when it came to innovation, lots of minds and skillsets were better than one. Try, Try Again.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 25, 2012

Since I moved to Portland about 16 months ago, I’ve hung out with a lot of entrepreneurs, in coffee shops all over town. I was a “corporate guy” for so many years (28 to be exact), and while I thought I knew what it was really like to “think like an entrepreneur”, it turns out I really didn’t know.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 31, 2020

The answer is probably ‘yes’, and the most successful entrepreneurs know that. If you can continually pinpoint the weaknesses of your company and your leadership skills, then you’ll be able to continually develop solutions which improve your business. Could you be a better entrepreneur? Do your research.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The market for PlayStation2 games was chosen because the lack of self-publishing opportunities at the time meant that developers had to partner with publishers to get their games to market. Developers typically look for a couple of things when choosing a publishing partner. Power play. Making the trade-off. Securing help.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 8, 2020

In a recent article I explored some of the unique challenges facing female entrepreneurs who continue to battle explicit and implicit discrimination over and above the existing challenges of running a startup. New research was undertaken in association with the World Bank to test the most effective means of training entrepreneurs.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2019

They think of it as developing a companion habit that celebrates THINKING rather than DOING. As a leader, you have the power and influence to help your team members develop new habits that can make them more productive. It’s not about replacing action, which we know is a necessary leadership ingredient. This is different.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This emotional shutoff valve could make him callous, but it also made him a risk-seeking innovator. “He Entrepreneurs are actually not risk takers,” says X.com CFO Roelof Botha. This led him to develop what he called an “idiot index,” which calculated how much costly a finished product was than the cost of its basic materials.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 7, 2018

Welcome to the August Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, creativity and inspiration, development, productivity, team building, and more. All companies and entrepreneurs have to send invoices sometimes. Development.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Eisenmann introduces the Diamond-and-Square framework to help aspiring entrepreneurs know whether they have actually identified an attractive opportunity and determine what types of resources are required to successfully capitalize on it. Premature scaling of marketing and product development efforts is a widespread cause of startup failure.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 2, 2020

One of the biggest challenges that you will face as an entrepreneur is identifying various means to expand your business, but that does not mean it is highly impossible. Growth is a significant indicator that your business is on the right track and involves taking more risks, developing innovative ideas, and identifying the right audience.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Read the informative and inspirational, The Entrepreneur’s Faces , to follow the intriguing stories of 10 real entrepreneurs from around the world as they reveal their personal entrepreneurial journeys – overcoming pain and setbacks, all the while demonstrating tremendous vision, imagine and drive. The Visionary : Strategic, prophetic.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 24, 2015

As an entrepreneur, I have worked tirelessly to regain some semblance of comfort and financial security. You cannot dare do the same thing as an entrepreneur when you are still the HR manager, marketing guru, office manager, janitor, tech guy, sales staff, CFO and CEO. It is an opportunity to create and be innovative.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 26, 2016

If you can simply accelerate the current activities, products and strategies that your business implements, will that help you win in the future? Agile was originally a software technique, meant to shorten software development times and make the development team more accountable to customer needs. Or, think about innovation.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 25, 2021

Read the informative and inspirational, The Entrepreneur’s Faces , to follow the intriguing stories of 10 real entrepreneurs from around the world as they reveal their personal entrepreneurial journeys – overcoming pain and setbacks, all the while demonstrating tremendous vision, imagine and drive. The Visionary : Strategic, prophetic.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 23, 2023

Knowing what to do While extensive research has examined the process of developing and commercializing new products, one crucial aspect of technology commercialization has received comparatively little attention: what form should the innovation take when sold in the market?

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 19, 2022

It’s nearly a decade since Northwestern’s Robert Gordon pondered whether sclerotic innovation was causing the death of economic growth as we had come to know it. An explanation comes in the form of a paper from Northwestern’s Mark Buchanan, in which he highlights what is known as recombinative innovation.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2021

Real life just isn’t like that, and the sooner entrepreneurs learn to think like this the better. Every entrepreneur needs a hero. If you work in ecommerce and or dropshipping the internet entrepreneur Kevin Zhang is one such industry leader to listen to. Unfortunately, that kind of storyline is only viable in Hollywood.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The Secrets of Highly Successful Young Entrepreneurs by Deborah Lynn Blumberg via @StanfordGSB. 8 Peak Performance Habits to Elevate and Transform Your Personal Productivity via @gavin_adams. Innovation Is Everyone’s Business by Ben M. Hardy and Dan Sullivan. Students don't love it either. Words matter.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Most people assume that successful entrepreneurs are created solely based on how innovative and groundbreaking their new idea is. It might amaze many people to know that successful entrepreneurs are rarely building on new ideas or disrupting existing industries. The following is a guest piece by Derek Lidow.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Read the informative and inspirational, The Entrepreneur’s Faces , to follow the intriguing stories of 10 real entrepreneurs from around the world as they reveal their personal entrepreneurial journeys – overcoming pain and setbacks, all the while demonstrating tremendous vision, imagine and drive. The Visionary : Strategic, prophetic.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2020

Y OU don’t have to be an entrepreneur to be an entrepreneurial leader. Joel Peterson has been around the block serving as a leader in various roles—CEO, CFO, founder, investor, entrepreneur—and is currently the chairman of JetBlue Airways and a professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Sales is about figuring people out.

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