Organization and culture
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In the long run: What leaders can learn from an Olympic gold medalist
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Alistair Brownlee, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, shares his strategies for staying resilient amid pushback, removing barriers...
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Growing a global tech unicorn: Five key insights from Infobip
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The CEO and cofounder of Infobip shares how the company has used small, mission-based teams and a positive growth mindset to...
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Building a culture that grows with the business: Lessons from Tibber
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Richard Eklund, chief technology officer of Tibber, discusses how the fast-growing energy company cultivates purpose, autonomy,...
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One start-up’s successful organizational approach to speed and flexibility
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Once agile practices are truly embedded in a company’s DNA, even a pandemic can’t dent its ability to respond quickly...
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How to plan a successful leadership succession at a start-up
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After spending ten years turning their start-up into a highly profitable unicorn business, the cofounders of PropertyGuru were...
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Building a business culture with a single vision at its core
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Grab, the eight-year-old Southeast Asian company ranked as one of the world’s top innovators, credits its phenomenal success...
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Helping start-ups overcome inevitable challenges and crises
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Launching a start-up may be one of the most difficult—and satisfying— things an entrepreneur will ever do. Here’s...
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The people-first approach to business building
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To attract top talent in today’s market, companies need to upgrade their recruiting skills—and their culture.
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Achieving M&A success by letting start-up acquisitions be themselves
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Acquiring a start-up is only the beginning. Successful integration takes time, a shared vision, and a strategy to get there.
Launching and scaling a start-up
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The platform business model meets advanced manufacturing at MakerVerse
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Venture capital firm Ninepointfive invested in manufacturing company MakerVerse to improve supply chains and scale innovation....
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How to find opportunity in a crisis: Launching a spin-off business
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CEO and cofounder of Drop discusses spinning off an adjacent business under a new brand during the COVID-19 pandemic while still...
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Building a sales engine: Five insights to accelerate your start-up
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How do you find and keep the best salespeople at a start-up? Dominikus Kirchhoff, former managing director at Choco, discusses...
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Disrupting the used-car buying experience in Southeast Asia
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Carro founder and CEO Aaron Tan details how to put geographic expansion and tech-enabled operations at the heart of company strategy....
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Small steps, big vision: Scaling a purpose-driven business at CoachHub
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Matti Niebelschütz, cofounder and CEO of CoachHub, reflects on the company’s journey from scrappy start-up to global...
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Building a human firewall to block cyberattacks: Lessons from SoSafe
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The cofounders of SoSafe share how they built a learning-by-doing platform solution to help organizations protect themselves...
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How start-ups can manage uncertain times: Insights from leading European venture capitalists
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Start-ups are shifting their focus from fast-paced growth toward sustainable economics amid global headwinds. Four prominent...
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Hyperscaling a fintech start-up: Lessons from Moss
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CEO and cofounder Ante Spittler discusses how an investor observation sparked the creation of a company that is valued at €500...
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Scaling from start-up to blue-chip company: Lessons from Delivery Hero
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Delivery Hero was able to scale rapidly by delegating authority, promoting accountability, and executing new business efforts...
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Building and scaling one of the world’s fastest-growing mobile banks
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Setting a bold vision, adapting the business to respond to market feedback, and putting customer satisfaction first has enabled...
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Scaling a start-up: Launching innovative products in international markets
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Expanding internationally is a major step in the life of a start-up, one involving a number of important considerations. Here’s...
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When start-ups scale up: Lessons on building up culture and talent
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Financial-services company Raisin began in a basement in 2012. By constantly reflecting on and evaluating its own performance,...
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What start-ups need to scale and succeed
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Statistically, the odds against a start-up are formidable. Companies that emphasize talent, customer-centricity, and core principles...
Green business building
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From niche to mainstream: Advancing partnerships in green investing
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The managing partner and founder of Emerald Technology Ventures shares how the company works with start-ups and corporations...
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The power of soil: Building a regenerative agriculture business
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With support from a like-minded investor, Agreena is building a farmer-centric, global ecosystem to propel adoption of regenerative...
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Building a green energy ecosystem: Lessons from zolar
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The cofounder and the managing director of Germany-based zolar discuss launching the green energy start-up to simplify the process...
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A new approach to impact investing from entrepreneur and venture capitalist Fabian Heilemann
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The CEO and cofounder of AENU discusses his transition to impact investing and how new structures for impact funds can prioritize...
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Bringing a digital platform to the home heating services market: Lessons from thermondo
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The founder and CEO of thermondo discusses how he launched and scaled a fully integrated home heating services company in Germany,...
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Transforming cutting-edge science into a business: Lessons from C1
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C1’s cofounder and CEO discusses the challenges he overcame in transitioning from “classical” internet businesses...
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How to accelerate innovation in new green business building
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Companies that want to scale quickly must cultivate deep market knowledge and a culture that embraces learning through failure....
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How a Spanish scale-up became a leader in green energy
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Holaluz cofounder Carlota Pi Amorós details her ambition for the start-up to become a decentralized energy-as-a-service...
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Launching net-zero businesses: Lessons from a digital leader
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Many companies are hustling to start low-carbon businesses. Ram Ramachander works at the speed of a start-up and with the backing...
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From vision to green-tech unicorn: Lessons from Enpal
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Enpal’s CEO and founder discusses how an interest in solar installation fueled the creation of a company moving toward...
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How quantum computing can help tackle global warming
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Quantum computing has the potential to drive the major breakthroughs needed to help solve the climate crisis. A pioneer in the...
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Companies that care: Lessons from a unicorn founder and his purpose-driven investor
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Doing good may also be a good investment—and potentially transformative for the world. Two leaders on the front lines discuss...
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Make room for alternative proteins: What it takes to build a new sector
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Alternative proteins have the potential to dramatically slow climate change. This interview with three leaders in the field reveals...
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Inventing and scaling the world’s largest urban vertical farming network
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Launching a successful new business concept requires a strong purpose, a focus on research, an innovative business model, and...
Corporate business building
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How incumbents can lay the foundations for hypergrowth
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To accelerate core-business and new-digital-business growth, established companies should adopt the best practices of successful...
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From new business to unicorn: Scaling a new corporate business
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Quick pivots and a clear focus helped About You become the first $1 billion start-up business in Hamburg.
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Using built-in advantages and innovation to scale
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A commitment to partners, flexibility, and a good relationship with Bosch, the parent company, enabled scale to happen quickly...
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How traditional companies can overcome legacy obstacles to business building
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Supporting start-ups in a legacy business requires changes in both skill sets and mind-sets.