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Building growth
What is more important for growth : a good team or a good product? Best to have both. Best advice : make sure you hire the best people and that they're ready and willing to do whatever it takes to build a great business.
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Subcategories Company values and spirit Corporate culture, values and spirit Investment and risk-taking Recruiting, growing and keeping talents Selling your company Working outside the borders
The Dynamics of Change and Fear
29 May, 2008Carly Fiorina, former CEO of HP (1999-2005) talks about the dynamics of change and fear ...
Take Risks Outside Your Core Business
10 Jun, 2011Amazon Senior VP Diego Piacentini discusses how Amazon Web Services (AWS) was born. He discusses ...
Risk is a Necessity for Exploration and Growth
25 Jun, 2011"Historically, thousands of people have given their lives to explore new frontiers on land and ...
Using Training to Instill a Sense of Purpose
25 Jun, 2011"Conley believes that employees perceive their employment in one of three ways: As a job, ...
Dutiful Delegation
25 Jun, 2011"Success is not how smart you are; it's how you can get people to do ...
The IPO is Not Guaranteed
24 Jun, 2011"There road is long between the foundation of a company and the IPO. If the ...
Creating an Innovation Mindset
06 Apr, 2009An interview with Vijay Govindarajan, Professor, Tuck. To create an innovation mindset, managers must bring ...
Listen to Those You Lead
10 Jun, 2011Bestselling author and Stanford professor Bob Sutton offers insights from his book, Good Boss, Bad ...
The Impact of Outsourcing on Intellectual Property Protection
24 Jun, 2011"Outsourcing is a common trend in the market right now and has been a topic ...
No Idea Is a Dumb Idea
07 Jun, 2011Polly Sumner, chief adoption officer at salesforce.com, observes that entrepreneurship thrives in companies where people ...
Motivation Through Equity and Risk-Taking
20 May, 2011Idealab Founder and CEO Bill Gross articulates two organizational ways his company develops motivation. The ...
Aspects of Building Trust
20 May, 2011Entrepreneur and author Guy Kawasaki steps through companies that built their success on trust, and ...
Conduct a Pre-mortem Meeting
20 May, 2011Author Guy Kawasaki suggests teams conduct a "pre-mortem" before launching a product. This technique allows ...
Exit Strategy for the Single Product Company
26 Jun, 2011"How you exit your venture is of equal weight to entering the market, says Mir ...
Growing your business in recession, with tips for entrepreneurs
31 May, 2010Davide Sola tells us how small businesses should protect themselves from the impact of the ...
Make Meaning in Your Company
29 May, 2008Guy Kawasaki, founder and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, spoke to Stanford University students ...