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Stop Thinking And Acting Local: Small Businesses Seeking Growth Should See Themselves As Global Enterprises

YoungUpstarts

If you are a small business operator, risks are something you often want to avoid. Overcoming Challenges of Growing Globally. But going global can be an intimidating prospect for some. 1 Bill Gates, Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy, March 24, 1999.

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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

Both Sides of the Table

By 1999 we had grown into the largest independent consulting firm in the world. By 1999 it seemed like everybody was growing, though. I left Andersen Consulting in 1999 at the height of the market. Accenture opened massive operations in India & China and continued its industry dominance. Ameet was right.

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Consider Emerging Markets for Your Global Expansion

Transformify

Globalization is the most significant challenge facing multinational firms today, especially in the emerging markets of Russia, Brazil, China, and Mexico. However, global businesses evaluate a variety of considerations before expanding their operations into a new market. Emerging Markets As The Pocket Full Of Potential.

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Leadership Failure! What Will It Cost You?

YoungUpstarts

His operational leaders turned blind eyes to cost overruns. Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. And Mike shook off the losses as a necessary cost of doing business. At the company’s expense, of course! The billion-dollar brand faltered.

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Never Negotiate Piecemeal. Here’s Why

Both Sides of the Table

When I started my first tech company in 1999 I had pretty good tech chops and had led teams but had very little exposure to many other things that matter in a startup including sales, marketing & business development. He was a recovering lawyer and has now become a startup operator extraordinaire. Within a year he ran a territory.

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Roofing Exec by Day, Firefighter by Night – Joe’s Timely Leadership Lessons

YoungUpstarts

I saw Joe the Chief Operating Officer and Volunteer Fire Chief recently. Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. They refined action items through the lens of clear-eyed judgment. No one was injured. The building was saved.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

It’s also worth noting as data would suggest from this SVB venture funding report, lower costs to build tech & operate businesses implies the possibility of lower loss ratios in portfolios. In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. There are 20x more consumers online.