Public Contracts for Small Business: It is amazing how few startups think about going after business from Federal Government, States, Cities and other public entities. All kinds of bodies put out RFPs (Request For Proposals*) and in almost every sector of the economy. It may look like an elephant of a prospect, but it is
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Young Beauty or Old Hag? Purpose Driven Startup Coherence: purpose driven startups are sometimes exposed to criticism from skeptics, doubting their integrity. If you have a strong commitment of purpose to your stakeholders, then you’ll be scrutinized more closely than a business whose main fixation is on maximizing shareholder value. All your business behaviors have
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“Sustaining long-term growth … requires a scientific approach to growth. In fact, growth experts resoundingly say that “growth hacking” isn’t in their vocabulary or something they relate to their work. “Hacking” implies a haphazard / gut-driven approach, and the reality is quite the opposite.” This article isn’t about the perils of growth and what’s the
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Purpose Driven ‘Teco-preneur’: A ‘teco-preneur’ is how I describe technically/scientifically knowledgeable entrepreneurs, who see the need for new ventures for creative and innovative ways to deal with major ecological challenges. A purpose driven tecopreneur can see the big picture and take a systemic perspective to create profitable new ventures. Opportunities for the purpose driven tecopreneur
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Costa Rica: sustainability Botswana: entrepreneurship Surprising Countries for Entrepreneurs Costa Rica and Botswana In Central America & Sub-Saharan Africa full of inspiration and opportunity Surprising Countries for Entrepreneurs: Costa Rica and Botswana attract entrepreneurs starting sustainable new ventures. They are two countries that are working hard on getting their infrastructure and socioeconomic policies to
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Systemic Social Enterprise: Social enterprise is a term in common use for many types of venture that “address a basic unmet need or solve a social problem through a market-driven approach”. That definition comes from the Social Enterprise Alliance, which freely admits that it’s very difficult to arrive at a firm definition of the term.
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Flourish Honorably: To flourish honorably is a choice. It does not just happen, but it can be ignored. Founded as FaceMash Keeping up appearances are not enough to flourish honorably nearly 20 years ago Facebook (now Meta) is a company that fulfills its purpose, through being wildly successful ($86bn revenue 2020). At the same time,
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“Let’s see how it plays out.” It’s a phrase that has been uttered by many leaders over the past two years. Unfortunately, it resigns us to a reactive frame of mind that it’s difficult to escape. It’s time to find a way out of the fog and take control of our organisation’s destiny… Good
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A few months ago, Mark Zuckerberg brought metaverse into the forefront of tech vocabulary by rebranding Facebook to Meta and illustrating his vision for Horizon Home, an early vision for a home base in the metaverse. Interestingly, Facebook’s rebranding came with a quiet announcement that it was killing the Oculus brand of the virtual reality
Are CEOs worth 351 times the median pay? American CEOs made 351 times more than a typical worker in 2020, but in 1965 it was only 15 to one. Was life miserable back then? It’s not as though we have got it all right now. In 2021, the US was ranked 20th in the world
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