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Case Study: A Founder Steps Back from Her Start-Up

Harvard Business

She’d hoped to escape from work for the morning, but as the founder and CEO of 2 Proud Pups, a maker of all-natural dog care products, she didn’t have much free time. Existing products had touted their cleaning power, but their ingredient lists were long and full of nasty-sounding chemicals that irritated the dogs’ skin.

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Top Trends in US Business Startups

Business Consulting Agency

Food and Beverage Industry : Facts : Food startups cater to diverse consumer demands, with over 11,000 new products introduced annually in the food and beverage industry, as reported by Forbes. The US Small Business Administration (SBA) reports that service-based businesses constitute nearly 80% of all US businesses.

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

In the following video, Dr. Chermack provides an overview of the process using a small business case study. Organizational change resilience is responding productively to significant disruptive change and transforming challenges into opportunities. This video provides some practical insights into scenario planning.

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The Deep Flaw in MBB Strategic Planning

CaseInterview.com

In my consulting practice today, I exclusively serve small businesses — some as small as $500,000 a year in sales up to $15 million typically (sometimes up to $300 million). With these clients, they often operate in very small industries and there’s just no data available (or affordably available) to analyze.

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Seth's Blog: Learning by analogy

Seth Godin Blog

Essential reading about remarkable products and services. You are surrounded by examples and lessons and case studies that clearly arent exactly about your project. The Book Depository (Free Worldwide Delivery). CEO READ (Bulk Orders). IN STORES: Indie Bookstores. International Links. Purple Cow. The worldwide bestseller.

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business

Even if you don’t need to know a lot about finance to do your day-to-day job, the more conversant you are on the subject, the better off you’ll be, according to Richard Ruback, a professor at Harvard Business School and the coauthor of the HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business. “People think budgets are static.

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30 Best Consultant Websites & Why They Have Them (2022)

Tsavo Neal

Fabian purchased my book Productize Yourself: The Consultant’s Guide To Attracting Clients Through Your Website to help him write, design, and market his consulting website. The site is the place where I direct potential clients to read case studies, show my expertise, tell my story and invite them to engage with me in a conversation.