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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business

Bain & Company’s Macro Trends Group carefully analyzed the global balance sheet and found that the world is awash in money. Global capital balances more than doubled between 1990 and 2010 — from $220 trillion (about 6.5 Related Video. Yet the same crisis ushered in a new age of capital superabundance.

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Midsize Cities Are Entrepreneurship’s Real Test

Harvard Business

Entrepreneurs need to learn that highlighting their own growth attracts talent, investors, and customers. Mayors and other public officials need to learn that communicating growth helps make their cities more attractive to businesses and investors and helps them to compete with megacities for talent.