The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Nearly ten years ago, a group of researchers from Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and Rutgers shed light on a disconcerting phenomenon: discrimination within the realm of bank loan services, which cast a shadow over the American Dream for minority entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneur 122

Entrepreneur Finance Banking Credit Scoring 122

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Startups are renowned for their creativity and innovation, but this can often dry up once the unique pressures of going public are imposed on a firm. Research from Duke University explores why some companies have managed to remain innovative after going public while others have struggled. Free from pressure.

Innovation 115

Innovation IPO Short-term Resistance 115

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 10, 2024

Innovation is something that not only drives society forward but is something that all organizations strive for in a bid to maintain or enhance their market position. It’s equally well known that those proposing innovations often face intense opposition from those within the status quo. “There are endless ideas out there.

Innovation 72

Innovation Film Reference Proposal 72

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As a female entrepreneur, it is essential to understand the capabilities of technology in order to connect with customers and cultivate meaningful relationships. Through various innovations, businesses can respond quickly to customer inquiries without the need for additional staff or resources.

Technology 104

Technology Entrepreneur Customer Loyalty Audience 104

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

Innovation 119

Innovation Technology Incubator Entrepreneur 119

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? Perhaps you were the right person for the job initially, but has the company outgrown your management ability? Which hat, or hats do you wear?

Entrepreneur 382

Entrepreneur CEO Blog Welch 382

Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2023

This book helps managers understand the postmodern worldview held by generation Z and younger millennials, how it influences their behaviour at work, and how they want to be led in the workplace. Beyond Disruption : Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs by W. Chan Kim and Renée A.

Blue Ocean Strategy 279

Blue Ocean Strategy Mauborgne Books Leadership 279

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.

Innovation 59

Innovation Agility Strategic Planning Core Competence 59

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.

Books 285

Books Leadership Mentor Crisis 285

Skip Prichard

JANUARY 10, 2022

Creating world-class products and services is a discipline that some organizations seem to master, and others struggle to achieve. Radhika Dutt presents a different approach in her book Radical Product Thinking. Radhika’s experience building products in numerous industries is evident in every chapter. Radhika Dutt.

Productivity 111

Productivity Products Development Short-term 111

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 31, 2020

The answer is probably ‘yes’, and the most successful entrepreneurs know that. Could you be a better entrepreneur? No entrepreneur knows everything, though many of them give that impression. They could give you advice regarding your style of management and the structure of your business’ daily operations.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Delegation Learning-by-Doing Training 104

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Tim Eisenmann is a professor at Harvard Business School, where he’s led The Entrepreneurial Manager , a required course for all of their MBAs. Premature scaling of marketing and product development efforts is a widespread cause of startup failure. As a consequence, the venture’s first product is likely to miss the mark.

Early Adopters 207

Early Adopters Entrepreneur Mass Marketing Marketing 207

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.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Succession Mentor Training 100

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 19, 2022

The INSEAD paper suggests that the focus on the business model also prompts entrepreneurs to place more emphasis on the idea itself and less on the business, and especially its structure. This is when managers are often forced upon the founders to try and whip their organizations into shape. Forced hand. Lack of focus.

Business Model 115

Business Model Entrepreneur Organization Agility 115

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 9, 2024

As an Indigenous entrepreneur, you bring a unique perspective and set of values to the business world. Conduct Market Research: Understand your target market and the competition by analyzing the demand for your product or service, identifying your potential customers, and researching similar businesses and their strategies.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur Business Incubator Marketing Strategy Incubator 91

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 21, 2023

Management Transformed Managing in a Marathon Crisis Management Transformed: Managing in a Marathon Crisis is a CMI research project exploring the extraordinary challenges and new ways of working that emerged in 2020. In August 2020, CMI polled nearly 2,300 senior leaders, managers and employees.

Management 52

Management Crisis Crisis Management Case Study 52

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.

Entrepreneur 131

Entrepreneur Strategy Franchising Media 131

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.

Entrepreneur 150

Entrepreneur CFO Maturity Long-term 150

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

We live in an age where you can cut it out as an online entrepreneur online with the rising number of business opportunities cropping up in the digital space. Well, the answer to being a successful internet entrepreneur is in being innovative and ready to adapt. Design unique products and services.

Entrepreneur 70

Entrepreneur Strategy Succession Due Diligence 70

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2021

Real life just isn’t like that, and the sooner entrepreneurs learn to think like this the better. So, hire a risk consultant from a risk firm or do an internal risk management project that can address these issues. Every entrepreneur needs a hero. Unfortunately, that kind of storyline is only viable in Hollywood. Need a hero?

Entrepreneur 65

Entrepreneur Motivation Industry Brand 65

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Entrepreneurs, c orporate executives and managers know from experience that the best teams sport a rare mixture of friction, freedom and alignment. We’ve met so many entrepreneurs that we can usually identify someone’s type in a few minutes. The Evangelist: Even the best of products and services need a story to catch fire.

Entrepreneur 355

Entrepreneur Diversity Magazine Film 355

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Culture Is the Way : How Leaders at Every Level Build an Organization for Speed, Impact, and Excellence by Matt Mayberry Former NFL Pro, world-renowned keynote speaker, and management consultant Matt Mayberry delivers an incisive and hands-on blueprint to employee engagement and peak productivity. Sound familiar? You can, too.

Books 336

Books Leadership Tactics Library 336

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?

Supply Chain 94

Supply Chain Entrepreneur Marketing Strategy Technology 94

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Most new entrepreneurs are at several particular and distinct disadvantages to the established players in their fields. For a new entrepreneur , there are all sorts of different things that should be taken into account when it comes to following the most productive path forward.

Entrepreneur 65

Entrepreneur Tips Banking Learning-by-Doing 65

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.

Leadership 274

Leadership Entrepreneur CFO Objective 274

Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Innovation Capital. Whether you have invented an amazing new technology or product, you could still fail. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. He offers a unique perspective on innovation and winning in the marketplace. The Components of Innovation Capital.

Innovation 82

Innovation Social Capital Reputation How To 82

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 8, 2023

The fast-paced and innovative nature of the tech sector necessitates rapid experimentation and adaptation. Entrepreneurs and startups embrace the mindset of failing fast to quickly test ideas, pivot where necessary, and optimise their products or services for the market.

Consultative 98

Consultative Lean Manufacturing Agility Article 98

Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

I had an interaction about entrepreneurship on Instagram with David Schaub of WNY Entrepreneur. We seem to view entrepreneurship similarly and, at the same time, perceive change in an entrepreneur’s life differently. Just four essential functions can define the fundamental role of management for any team, department, or company.

PAEI 117

PAEI Entrepreneur Resistance Learning Curve 117

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 12, 2022

Although many entrepreneurs dislike the notion of hierarchical structure and managers, they ultimately do need managers, and do need to plan ahead and design the appropriate hierarchical structure way earlier than they think,” the researcher says. The need for hierarchy.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Creativity Marketing Planning 124

In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 10, 2018

Intuitively, many entrepreneurs and businesses believe that the key to faster growth and success is more products, features, and markets. All entrepreneurs must succeed first as specialists, using pivots as required to zero in on the real and current market. Innovation-driven mindset and actions. Just ask J.C.

Maturity 159

Maturity Tips Entrepreneur Bottom-up 159

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The Innovator's Book : Rules for Rebels, Mavericks and Innovators (Concise Advice) by Dr Max Mckeown. Both enlightening and entertaining, Dr Max Mckeown delivers concise advice on how to move from original insights to new ideas, and from new ideas to valuable real-world innovation.

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Books Leadership Charan Library 247

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 28, 2022

Famous research from Stanford’s Nicholas Bloom illustrates the difficulties we face in keeping the wheels of innovation turning. Bloom illustrates that while we’re spending more on research and innovation than ever before, we’re getting diminishing returns for that investment. Engines of creation. in 1985 to 5.3%

Entrepreneur 119

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Mass Marketing Globalization 119

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The pace of innovation in business is rapid. This mass adoption of cloud computing has helped to create a growing sector of business for cloud service providers and industry experts who function as consultants and help organizations plan and manage their cloud operations.

Development 102

Development Entrepreneur Operations Cost 102

Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2019

This year’s theme was Management: The Human Dimension. Innovation doesn’t happen by one person having an aha moment. Management has maybe become too machine smitten. Many managers mix up formulating a strategy and developing a plan. Philip Kotler, Professor, Kellogg School of Management. ? Basically: Thinking!

Drucker 294

Drucker Globalization Ulrich Mintzberg 294

Leading Blog

MAY 18, 2018

Most entrepreneurs never went to college, and most did not start their companies until they were well along in their careers. The average entrepreneur is nearly forty years old when he launches , and more than eighty percent of all new companies are stated by people over thirty-five. Eighty percent disappear within five years.

Planning 163

Planning Entrepreneur Franchising Learning-by-Doing 163

Leading Blog

AUGUST 20, 2019

Having worked with more than 10,000 entrepreneurs, innovators, inventors, hobbyists and side hustlers, they often struggle with when it is appropriate to leap from the job environment into the entrepreneurship maze. Most people see this dichotomy and feel that they need to choose one dream over the other.

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Debt to Equity Ratio Chief Financial Officer Chief Executive Officer Entrepreneur 183

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 19, 2022

One might imagine that when it comes to pitching for investment, that the more excitement and enthusiasm we can muster for our product or service the better to help us convince investors to back us. “For entrepreneurs pitching to raise funding, more enthusiasm is not necessarily better,” the researchers explain.

Entrepreneur 72

Entrepreneur Participative Products Productivity 72