article thumbnail

5 Tips for Pitching Investors Remotely in the Time of Coronavirus

Leading Blog

This was because the market for mobile games had become more competitive, making it difficult to acquire users cheaply. Traditionally, entrepreneurs love to talk about their product, but investors need to know about more than just the product - the market, the team, competitors, business model, etc. I call it the killer slide.

Tips 394
article thumbnail

Political Connections Can Help And Hinder Innovation

The Horizons Tracker

Political connections can be a double-edged sword for innovation in emerging markets. In emerging markets, firms with political connections can gain access to crucial resources and knowledge, potentially driving innovation. However, the presence of highly skilled employees is essential to fully utilize these benefits.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Good Power: Changing a Life. Changing Work. Changing the World.

Leading Blog

And when delivering bad news, use a velvet hammer. Transforming a really large entity also means reconciling the pace of change in the market with the rate and pace of change the organization can withstand.” How do we do that? Speaking about tough truths in affirmative tones let critiques land constructively.

Power 462
article thumbnail

In Praise of Average Joes

In the CEO Afterlife

In fact, it was Ronnie who took a sledge hammer to that wall and turned it into rubble. Bruce, a Marketing Manager who struggled with detail, flourished as a creative resource. Ronnie was an organizer – a leader in cultural development. Bruce masterminded the sponsorship of a charitable event – the one in the visual.

Hammer 258
article thumbnail

Build a Brand – Not Just a Career

Women on Business

I studied marketing at Northwestern. After graduation, when I was looking for a job, I approached the man who wrote the marketing bible, Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind. A book that readers of Advertising Age recently selected as “the best book they’ve ever read on marketing.”

Ries 233
article thumbnail

8 Ways to Have a Successful Partnership

Leading Blog

Getting executives into a room and hammering out a contract doesn''t make a deal. This means priming the pump through joint sales calls and other marketing efforts. Every partnership is like moving a stubborn mule. Corporate may push from behind, but there must be boots on the ground pulling on the harness from the front as well.

article thumbnail

Voice of Experience: Jennifer Fitzgibbon (RBS Global Banking & Markets)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Jennifer Fitzgibbon (Managing Director, Treasurer, Americas, RBS Global Banking & Markets) written by Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business.

Banking 85