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My internal compass has always steered me strongly toward the belief that founders who can scale with their startup companies are better to back than founders who eventually need to hire a CEO.
Most business has not yet caught up with Einstein. His theories are hard enough to apply in science, so can they really be applied to business?
I hope the headline caught your attention - it was intended to. After all, aren’t fresh leads the lifeblood of any company that depends on winning new business to grow? Of course they are. I left half the headline out.
Wednesday, 08 May 2013 16:51
Santander Organise Trade Mission to New York For Entrepreneurs
Written by Entrepreneur Country
The US is an obvious first choice for aspirant exporters and the recent Breakthrough trade mission to New York gave nine companies an important insight into its business culture.
Risk taking is something that is a natural part of work and life. For some it may seem risky to eat a yoghurt that is past the “sell by” date, where as for others they dont even think about the potential implications of doing so. The people in the boat…
Wednesday, 08 May 2013 13:34
Transforming the Online and Physical World: Daniel Ishag
Written by Kelly Dolan
Those of you who remember the proliferation of the internet may recall early, inefficient search engines that provided pages of information unrelated to your query. With today’s reliance on Google, it is hard to imagine that we ever lived in a world where search tools didn’t make sense or provide…
Tuesday, 07 May 2013 17:40
The Importance of Proprietory Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC
Written by Mark Suster
When I was new to Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. It was a fun period for me because everything was new and I was curious. What kind of deals should I be doing? What stage? What price? With which other investors? Should I focus on…
The standard view is that businesses should strive to maintain a lead over their rivals. But this is wrong. A lead is something that connects two parties. You shouldn’t be seeking a lead. An ever-growing distance from competitors is easier to achieve than an ever-growing lead over them, and is…
Thursday, 02 May 2013 14:36
Forget the 80/20 Rule - in Business it’s the 1% That Will Deliver Growth
Written by Professor Stephen Caddick
For most of us the 80/20 rule provides an uncannily accurate measure of events – and the world of business is no exception. So I was expecting this effect, known as the Pareto principle, to rear its head as I was reading Goldman Sach’s recent report on stimulating small business…
Monday, 29 April 2013 15:42
To Lead The Recovery, Business Must Learn To Help Itself
Written by Julie Meyer
It is hardly a secret that SMEs hold the key to a sustainable recovery for the UK economy, and indeed across Europe. As a report released last week by the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK programme showed, 1% of UK firms created 23% of all jobs between 2007 and…
Monday, 29 April 2013 11:46
The UK’s Productivity Puzzle - Producing Less with More People
Written by Ian Stewart
One of the bright spots of the UK’s economic performance in recent years has been the strength of the labour market. Output has slumped, but the number of people in work has risen. This has softened the human cost of the UK’s deepest recession since the 1930s. But with more…
The “Do MBAs help an entrepreneur?” question is an old chestnut that never seems to be resolved. Part of the problem is one of ambiguity (what does ‘entrepreneurship’ mean?); sweeping generalisations and stereotypes (what does a typical MBA student or course look like?) and the confusion of definitions (are we…
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