Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

It’s getting harder and harder for entrepreneurs to create a product or service that is truly “ brand new “ That is, something revolutionary that creates a market of its own. These three entrepreneurs are seizing on what they believe are weaknesses in existing markets – will they succeed?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Importance of Effective Leadership in Business Schools Effective leadership is as crucial in an academic environment as in any organization, playing a vital role in shaping the institution’s culture and direction. First and foremost, a successful business dean should demonstrate real leadership capabilities.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 12, 2024

The Benefits of Executive Coaching for Start-Up Entrepreneurs Executive coaching has become increasingly popular among start-up entrepreneurs, and for good reason. By working with a seasoned coach, start-up entrepreneurs gain invaluable guidance and support that help them navigate the complexities of building a successful business.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Put simply, leadership is not a static endeavor. In fact, leadership demands fluidity, which requires the willingness to recognize the need for change, and finally the ability to lead change. If your entity doesn’t innovate and change in accordance with market driven needs and demands it will fail…it’s just that simple.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 15, 2020

To do that, you have to show how your market is big enough (a multi-billion dollar market) to support that kind of valuation. The real issue here is that if an entrepreneur comes in to a pitch and goes on and on about how they’re going to build a billion dollar company in just a few years, most investors eyes tend to glaze over.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 6, 2020

When so much seems to be out of your control, what can you do to stay marketable and maintain your job? Listen in as Bonnie shares actionable tips for how to stay marketable in a virtual world, and how to align yourself for the best possible outcome within your career during this crisis. Learn more and register here.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In today’s episode of Leadership Without Losing Your Soul , host David Dye dives into a profound conversation with Mark Silver, author of Heart-Centered Business: Healing from a Toxic Business Culture So Your Small Business Can Thrive. His story illustrates how vulnerability and accountability play a huge role in effective leadership. [09:07]

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

There are leaders and there are entrepreneurs, but not all leaders are entrepreneurs, and not all entrepreneurs are leaders. Simply put, I believe that entrepreneurial is a mindset—a way of thinking—and leadership is a way of acting. Entrepreneurial leadership, then, describes the way such a leader behaves.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in June 2020. Leadership isn't easy. They argue that this popular leadership advice glosses over the most important thing you do as a leader: build others up. Leadership isn't about you. Budding entrepreneurs face a challenging road.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

If you’re willing to strip away all the excuses, explanations, rationalizations, and justifications for business failures, and be really honest in your analysis, you’ll find only one plausible reason - poor leadership. Poor Branding : A poor brand generally means leadership has failed.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Entrepreneurs often embody the vision, passion, and drive that catalyze a startup’s initial success. However, as an organization matures, its leadership requirements evolve, necessitating a thoughtful transition to ensure sustained success. Today, the landscape has shifted significantly.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 26, 2019

In this powerful interview with serial-entrepreneur, New York Times best selling author, and LEADx founder, Kevin Kruse, […]. Oh, and there are a few bits of marketing wisdom and personal leadership examples too. What are the rules you’ve created that get in the way of you and your team’s success?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. And, emotional intelligence has been linked to successful leadership (just did a paper on this for a university class).

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 18, 2021

They watch the highlight reels of great leaders and think: “I’m no entrepreneur like [insert name here].” As much as they want to take the leap on the inside, many leaders resist because their definition of entrepreneur is just too narrow. You don’t have to make it big in business to be an entrepreneur.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2017

What follows is some sound advice Branson shares about what it means to be an entrepreneur. Some entrepreneurs surround themselves with brilliant people and then ignore them. Value of Entrepreneurs. It may be controversial to say it, but there is no job more important than being an entrepreneur. Invest in People.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Leadership is about hope. These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. Yet it can be shattered in an instant, with a devastating impact on a company’s market cap and reputation. And that feeds our approach in society at large.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

While this sounds simple enough at face value, I have consistently found that one of the most often overlooked leadership attributes is that of a positive attitude. If you struggle with recruiting, team building, and leadership development you likely have a bad attitude. The simple answer is that you can’t…it just won’t work.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2013

Sustainable leadership is a direct result of leaders that encourage feedback, listen and act positively on the information they receive to take their leadership effectiveness to the next level. Leadership is about relationships. Building your leadership legacy is about building others. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in March 2024 curated just for you. Bad leadership is a social disease. Leadership from Bad to Worse is, then, a corrective. Managers keep score of a range of business metrics: market share, revenue, profit margin, growth rate.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs? You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs?&# I know, I know - another list? Great question.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Effective leadership development fosters adaptability, resilience, and long-term organizational success. It provides a more nuanced and modern understanding of leadership dynamics that aligns with the current need for agility and transformation. Entrepreneur: Drives innovation, creativity, and growth.

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Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2020

My impression is that most entrepreneurs aren’t always putting their best foot forward. When I was an entrepreneur raising money, one of the most effective pitches was for the Tap Fish video game. This was because the market for mobile games had become more competitive, making it difficult to acquire users cheaply.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in October 2019. In Sailing True North , Admiral Stavridis offers a much more intimate, human accounting: the lessons of leadership and character contained in the lives and careers of history's most significant naval commanders. The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Employers, HR professionals and job hunters, alike, are rapidly embracing digital channels to elevate their market presence and amplify their share of voice. Biro, founder of TalentCulture , is a serial entrepreneur and globally recognized expert in talent acquisition, creative personal and corporate branding. Biro Meghan M.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 26, 2018

T REN GRIFFIN, who writes the well-read 25iq blog , has assembled a collection of insights for entrepreneurs from some of the most successful venture capitalists and coaches of business founders in the world. Jim Goetz: Many of the entrepreneurs that we back are attacking a personal pain.” (p. Talk with people about what’s going on.”

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 14, 2012

These types of pitches were on full display last week, when I participated (with 4 other of my fellow OAF investors) as judges at a “Pitch Night” event sponsored by the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network. Watching these passionate entrepreneurs was quite inspiring, not only to us, but to all who were in attendance.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 29, 2020

At present, it’s hard to tackle any issue pertaining to leadership or management without addressing Covid-19, which is impacting on marketplaces and workplaces across the globe. With this in mind, the Coronavirus outbreak arguably represents an opportunity for growth and innovation, and good leadership will be central to ushering this in.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

Young entrepreneurs often found start-up companies with great ideas and the drive to make them a reality. This is where senior leadership comes in and can bring added value to the business. This is where senior leadership comes in and can bring added value to the business.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 21, 2014

This is a guest post from Viveka von Rosen is the author of LinkedIn Marketing: An Hour a Day, contributing “expert” to LinkedIn’s official “Sophisticated Marketer’s Guide” and is known internationally as the “LinkedIn Expert.” Leadership Development Leadership TalentCulture' Author information Meghan M. Biro Meghan M.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Entrepreneur coaching can be a transformative experience for both emerging and seasoned business leaders. Through the guidance of experienced professionals who have successfully built and scaled businesses, entrepreneurs gain access to invaluable knowledge that can reshape how they approach challenges and make decisions. The result?

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 14, 2012

Charan, Drotter, and Noel wrote about six leadership passages in their classic book The Leadership Pipeline. However, they use the terms “leadership” and “management” interchangeably. What if we took a simplified version of the Pipeline model, and mash it with a distinction between leadership and management?

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 20, 2014

We’d been meeting all week, meeting after meeting, a gaggle of senior leadership and marketing team leads, workshopping and brainstorming and collaborating over all that we’ve been, where [.] Leadership Development employee engagement Leadership talent management TalentCulture TChat' Author information Meghan M.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 22, 2021

Along the way, she learned some valuable lessons about leadership and culture. Confident in her idea, she piloted her plan in two markets—her hometown of Boston and Greensboro, North Carolina. Each market did reasonably well. Maybe there’s still something to this adage. ezCater is a global marketplace for business catering.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Since I moved to Portland in 2010 I’ve become fascinated with a particular kind of business person – Oregon entrepreneurs. So much so, that last year I started to write nearly as much about them as I did about my first love, leadership. Take care of your teammates. It may cost more, but it pays off.

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Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 19, 2012

That’s the basis of my conversation with author and renowned marketing CEO Shama Kabani in this episode of “Leadership Biz Cafe”. Shama is an international speaker, best-selling author and the award-winning CEO of The Marketing Zen Group – a global online marketing and PR firm. for Canadian readers).

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Engaging Leader

MARCH 1, 2021

In this second of a two-part interview, Jesse is joined again by Charlene to discuss tips from her new book LAUNCH YOUR INNER ENTREPRENEUR: 10 Mindset Shifts for Women to Take Action, Unleash Creativity, and Achieve Financial Success. How to master a remote work environment and balance it with your leadership. Twitter: /CWaltersPhD.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

One thing that many young professionals don’t understand about the job market is that leadership plays a huge role in getting hired. If you’re worried about finding the right job early in your career, focus on leadership. Every day, there are hundreds of hidden opportunities to develop leadership skills.

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