The Ground Floor Trap

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Entrepreneurs naturally look for growing markets. The opportunity to “get in on the ground floor” in a fast emerging market is certainly attractive. Still, fast emerging markets also present a set of predictable strategic risks that entrepreneurs will want to consider with care.

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The Planning Conundrum

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Despite obvious benefits, only the very smartest and most disciplined managers actually write and follow business plans Nearly every professional manager knows that planning is crucial to business success.  Still, few people actually act on that knowledge.  In over 15 years of helping businesses plan their growth, it has become increasingly clear that only a […]

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The Venture Quest

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By David Kaplan -
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Many start-ups literally spend years chasing venture capital funding. Now, sometimes that perseverance makes sense, but often it does not. Still, once an entrepreneur has decided that her enterprise is suited to VC investment it can be difficult if not impossible to change her mind.

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