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How can I start my own business?

Strategy Driven

And if you get hold of that idea, start hiring a dedicated team of developers to give your idea a shape. Consider an exit strategy: A business that is built with passion and obsession does not come with an exit strategy. Choose a niche that is attractive and in trend. About the Author.

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Walking Away from the Big Bucks in the Pursuit of True Balance.

Women on Business

This awareness helped cement my corporate world exit strategy. Toward the end of 2005, I started preparing my exit strategy. It was time to let go of the illusion of control that the “big bucks&# created. Don’t get me wrong, big bucks rock! No longer a company creature; my job was surely destroying my soul.

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7 Things You Should Consider When Choosing a Cloud Solution

Strategy Driven

Cloud technology is expanding rapidly because of its many benefits. If the vendor doesn’t use their own data center and cloud technology, what does their service provider do to protect your data? An Exit Strategy. However, not all cloud solution providers are the same. How are they protecting your data?

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Why Tech Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries Struggle to Raise Funds

Harvard Business Review

As a college student in Nigeria, I had wanted to master developing microcontroller-based systems, but had never had the opportunity in practice, because no company there offered it. So, at the end of the academic session, I developed a business plan and sent copies to potential investors in the U.S. As the first year of my Ph.D.

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Nurture Entrepreneurs in Africa

Harvard Business Review

The second develops useful technologies and makes them free. Investors cannot put money into most ideas because the exit strategy is limited. Thinking how to exit at the beginning is very important. Ndubuisi Ekekwe is a founder of the non-profit African Institution of Technology.

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It Is Time to Fix Our Boardrooms

Harvard Business Review

It taints how all other businesses and their boards are viewed, casting a pall over other technology companies and the wider business community. Board chairs need to demonstrate true leadership ability and directors need to redouble their commitment to developing a focused vision and a credible strategy for its realization.

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Making Hospital Partnerships Work

Harvard Business Review

The assumption is that a merger will make it easier to achieve economies of scale, develop a large but narrow network of preferably healthy patients, establish data registries, and integrate expensive technology. In today’s health care landscape, consultants often advise independent hospitals to merge with a larger health system.