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The Art of the Elevator Pitch

Harvard Business

A winning pitch starts with a winning logline — a valuable lesson for innovators in any field. The most valuable innovations offer novel solutions to challenging problems. But without the support of investors, even the best ideas might never get off the ground. What does your startup or product do? What’s your idea?

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Booz Allen Hamilton

Management Consulted

From this innovative and noble seed came a company that birthed management consulting as we know it. In 2008 however, after months of negotiations, the commercial side broke away and became Booz & Company, with the governmental side keeping the name Booz Allen Hamilton. Booz Surveys; Edwin G.

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Booz Allen Hamilton Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

In 2008, after months of negotiations, the commercial side broke away and became Booz & Company, with the governmental side keeping the name Booz Allen Hamilton. Today we’re going to be looking at Booz Allen Hamilton, a firm with a great name and a confusing history. Booz Surveys; Edwin G.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

Harvard Business

He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. In response to Ries’s book , GE adopted lean methods and built its Fastworks program around them. Innovation at GE was on a roll. He doubled GE’s investment in R&D.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

The prize for best answer was a FREE Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – a HUGE giveaway – so we weren’t surprised when we heard from so many of you. What we didn’t expect was the diversity of responses! You wowed us! It was a tight race, so we also awarded some runner ups. market for latex condoms.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: World's Dumbest Idea

MishTalk

Recommended Books. Clean Money - Picking Winners In The Green Tech Boom. The title of this post stems from an article on Forbes by Steve Denning who writes about "radical management, leadership, and innovation". Recent Posts. Featured Links. GoldMoney: The Best Way to Buy Gold & Silver. Minyanville Business and Market News.

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The Real Reason Superstar Firms Are Pulling Ahead

Harvard Business

They’re also more profitable, more innovative, and they pay better. He excluded tech industries from the analysis since his aim was to study how IT adoption was helping firms, rather than industries that produce IT-related products.) They’re more productive, as the chart below illustrates.