Strategic Inflection Points
Be Prepared To Pivot
The Story of the Quick And The Dead Why do so many startups fail? The…
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Leveraging Standards As A Marketing Strategy
Co-opetition How can a new small company quickly establish leverage over its competitors? One way…
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What Makes A Great Innovation Company?
Welcome to the Week 27 Update of Mayo615’s French Odyssey and how to transform Big…
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Pitching to Potential Investors: Do's & Dont's
This YouTube Channel is now officially at its six-month milestone. In today’s two-minute sound byte,…
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The French Innovation Economy Is On Fire!
Macron Announces €5 Billion Targeted for Late-Stage Rounds and IPO’s And that is just the…
Strategic Inflection Points
What Do Investors Want?
I am focusing today on what investors want to see in order to invest. I…
Strategic Inflection Points
Apple & Microsoft: Changes in Fortune
Today I want to discuss the dramatically different situations of Apple and Microsoft, and I…
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Why Industry Analysis?
Entrepreneurs always hear about the importance of market research. So what is “industry analysis” and…
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People Skills Are Essential to Negotiation Success
Negotiation is at the heart of a business. Winning customers, building partnerships, and securing vendors are all negotiation processes. The skills required to negotiate successfully are complex: inter-personal communication, sales skills, a bit of analytical psychology, assertiveness, and conflict resolution. In short, for a company to do well, the lead negotiator must like people and know how to deal with many different types of people.
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Social Entrepreneurship: The New 21st Century Calling
Social entrepreneurship is an approach by start-up companies and entrepreneurs, in which they develop, fund and implement solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues. The Camp in Aix has made social entrepreneurship a key part of their program. My students and I worked with Enactus, the international non-profit group which helps develop SE projects world-wide.
