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Valuable Lessons from Harvard Business School: When Buying a Business, Keep It Short and Sweet
Blog #223 This blog is the third installment of my insights and take-aways from a course called Inspiring Entrepreneurial Strategy I recently completed at Harvard Business School. One case study followed the process that Jim Sharp, an upper-level corporate guy, endured to buy a business, onboard himself, turn it around, and eventually sell it. Since…
Valuable Lessons from Harvard Business School: Are You Looking Downfield?
Blog #222 This blog is the second installment of my insights and take-aways from a course called Inspiring Entrepreneurial Strategy I recently completed at Harvard Business School. Professor Lynda Applegate presented a case study in which she described some early personal challenges that had influenced her in becoming a professor. After being tenured, life threw…
Think Like A Client
Kris Kluver joins me to discuss how to think like a client to distinguish oneself in the market and solve a problem better than anyone else. Niching down on opportunities to address client’s pain points using your own unique skill set is the key. Kris is a seasoned solopreneur who started his first company at…
Valuable Lessons from Harvard Business School
Blog #221 Recently, I took an Inspiring Entrepreneurial Strategy course at Harvard Business School. Since then, I have had time to reflect on what I learned during my time in Boston; in the next several blogs, I will share the insights and tips I gathered from this experience. This intense course was facilitated by the…
Tips for a Great Virtual Meeting
Blog #220 Just before sitting down to write this blog, I had just finished a strategy session with a new client in the UK. I was in Nebraska and they were in England. Even though I am not really a fan of technology at times, the virtual meeting worked, was impactful, and well, was fun….
6 Leadership Books to Guide You Toward Better Decisions in 2020
As 2019 comes to a close, business leaders are thinking ahead to the decisions they’ll need to make in the new year. By Gene Hammett: Speaker, growth strategist, and host of the LeadersintheTrenches.com podcast @genehammett on twitter. Leaders are forced to make tough decisions every single day. While every choice matters, it’s the most difficult decisions that…
