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Without an effective strategy, an organization of any kind is doomed to fail from the start.

1. Netflix Business Strategy In 2022

A full immersion into Netflix's changing strategy as the market landscape for streaming becomes saturated.

2. Exclusive Interview with Billionaire Entrepreneur Ryan Breslow

Welcome to my Meet The Entrepreneur Interview Series, where I interview impactful leaders and ask them to share tips and techniques that have benefited them, bo

3. How Publishing 200+ Interviews Changed My Approach To Interview-Based Content

Lessons from publishing 200+ interviews and tactics on cold outreach, having meaningful conversations, writing great content, and building brands

4. [Writing Prompt] Noonies Nominee Interview Questions List

Welcome to HackerNoon’s Writing Prompts program. Answer one today!

5. Minimum Usable Product

6. The Algorand & FIFA Partnership Will Gain Importance During the World Cup, Here’s Why

The World Cup will be the biggest televised event of the year, and Algorand is the organization’s “official blockchain platform” and partner.

7. Objectives and Key Results: Key Takeaways and Learnings from implementing OKR

(Managing expectations: this is no scholarly article, but a real-life testimony of our experiences as a SaaS scale-up with the OKR goal setting process).

8. How To Make Extra Money In 2021 Using These Awesome Investment Ideas

From cryptocurrency to domain name squatting, there are many different investment ideas you likely haven’t explored. The investment paths you could potentially go down may seem overwhelming. However, knowing what options are available is the first step toward discovering what’s right for you.

9. How to Get Started in Cryptocurrency Investment with this 5-Point Framework

End-to-End Evidence-Based Cryptocurrency Investment Framework. Portofolio Management | Investment Strategy | Investment Process | Investment Review | Skills

10. Work Smarter, Not Harder: 7 Powerful Tips To Manage Your Projects Better

Thinking is probably one of the hardest, daunting tasks, and George Bernard Shaw had his perspective that made me think more about my way of dealing with challenges.

11. Surviving Coronavirus Pandemic: A Guide for Startups

Yes, we’re witnessing a crisis unfolding. Not only people get gripped by the coronavirus fear. It’s like a stroke for most businesses — some will recover, some won’t.

12. The Ultimate Guide to Strategic Thinking for Data Scientists

While HBR declared "Data Scientist" the sexiest job of the 21st century, let's admit that the prevailing view is that it's a geeky, highly-technical field.

13. How You Can Land a PM Job Without Previous Experience in Project Management

(Image Credits: chiefexecutive.net)

14. How GoPro Became a Victim of Bad Business Strategy

Do you remember the times when you couldn't imagine a day without your GoPro camera? Well, I certainly do. So, what went wrong and why?

15. Here's How I Increased Web Traffic by 300% in 30 Days

Here is a 3-step framework to deliver consistent results with limited domain knowledge. I had no marketing knowledge prior to this project but I grew traffic.

16. How I Copied My Favorite SaaS Landing Page 👀

I've got some bad news...

17. Cold Email is not Dead

$400k Closed in 30 Days. Cold Email is not Dead.

18. Analyzing Blockchain Business Models

In the Blockchain Model, we want to understand how the protocol connects the value model to everything else. The rules of the Blockchain make it compelling.

19. 5 Reasons to Deploy Six Sigma for Startups in 2021

All large organizations be it multinational corporations, big corporate houses, or global production units are applying Six Sigma techniques to better their business processes, nowadays. However, a huge misconception that ‘Six Sigma methodology doesn’t work for startups’ spins around it. Well, the universal nature of Six Sigma techniques and their effectiveness in process optimization and quality control make them an indispensable tool for organizations of all sizes.

20. ‘Never Give Up’ is an Awful Startup Strategy

Actually, it’s exactly the other way around. A startup, any startup, has too many opportunities and paths it can take. Business opportunities, technology opportunities, in marketing and of course with its product. So obviously, a startup must constantly give up on opportunities and possible paths.

21. Business Lessons To Learn From The Apple-Next Deal

It was the year 1997. Apple was experiencing a sharp sales decline.

22. 10 Tips to Grow Your Local YouTube Channel

Check Out What Can Make Your Content to Have a Wider Reach..

23. Introducing The Triple Layer Business Model Canvas

The Business Model Canvas is a great tool for entrepreneurs, yet one that is not without flaws.

24. Everything That Startups Do Wrong: A Content Marketer’s Perspective

I have around a decade of experience in content and marketing. My first job was in the editorial department of a print publication around ten years ago in Bucharest, Romania, when the digital landscape the way we know it today was almost non-existing. Today, I work as a content marketer for a tech start-up in Singapore, which is often referred to as the Silicon Valley hub of APAC.

25. 9 Things You Might Be Missing From Your Job Search Strategy

A successful "Job Hunt" is a combination of Strategy, Marketing, and Sales tasks.

26. David Horesh on Marketing Optimization, Importance of MultiLayer Touchpoints, & Tik Tok For Startups

B2B marketing is all about constantly navigating multiple touchpoints and discovering platforms to achieve maximum efficiency.

27. The Power of Knowing What to Do

The underlying reason a startup is so hard, so strange - and why so many fail - is that you yourself have to figure out what to do.

28. How to Improve Strategic Thinking and Planning for Digital Business

Discover ways to develop your strategic thinking and planning, particularly for digital transformation in your organisation.

29. Dear Companies: Fuel Your Performance With Customer Insights

As a result, companies that fret over their visuals and site design end up losing to those brands that apply a consumer-centered approach.

30. The Myth Of "A Good Problem To Have"

You’ve hear it all the time. Stuff like

31. How To Lead Your Business Strategically

The capacity of a leader to envision, plan, direct, and get the most out of the resources at hand effectively is known as strategic leadership.

32. Should Snapchat Copy Instagram's Timeline?

Snapchat success came in the era, where any successful social media company would be acquired by Facebook. It not only avoided the acquisition but thrived on its own terms, garnered a significant audience and has become a major participant in the cultural machine.

33. Taking Personal Initiative

How To Take Personal Initiative

34. How to Choose the Best Apps for Your Business

Key strategies to pick the best apps for your business

35. Deloitte's Adam Weissenberg  Talks About Planning for the Future as an Entrepreneur

Adam Weissenberg - Vice Chair, Deloitte | How To Plan for the Future as an Entrepreneur

36. SMART Goal-Setting: The Technique to Achieve All Your Goals in 2023

Harsh Makadia explains how to achieve your goals in 2023.

37. 3 Brands that Beat the Odds and Thrived During the Pandemic

In the beginning of 2020, the businesses who chose to think positively, remain flexible, and be proactive saw opportunities and went after them

38. A Short History of The Commercial Internet: From Mosaic to Web3

Currently, the predominant business model for commercial search engines is advertising.

39. Top Reasons Why Your Brand Isn’t Making Money From LinkedIn

Every social media has its own voice and unique language. For your brand to stand out, you need to take them into cognizance and also approach them effectively

40. Do You Really Need An NFT Business Plan?

You don’t create digital tokens just to make money. You create tokens because they add value to existing and potential customers beyond monetary gain.

41. What Is Strategic Performance And How Did It Evolve

Have you wondered why despite huge investments most of the businesses tend to fail? Yes, I am sure you have. And yet there are some that are able to scale heights, without much investments…

42. Why The Best Entrepreneurs Care More About Results Than Hours

Successful people measure their productivity by work accomplished instead of hours spent on it. This holds true even for very accomplished entrepreneurs.

43. Thoughts on Effective Digital Transformation Strategies

Why do so many digital transformation initiatives stall or fail? The answer might lie at the bottom of this iceberg…

44. Rethinking the Hiring Process: How to to Stand Out and Delight Your Candidates

In this hiring climate, you need to differentiate to attract candidates.

45. Why Twitter Blue For $8 Will Underperform

Twitter blue for $8 has an intricate flaw. And Elon Musk has to find a way to get ahead of it to make Twitter profitable

46. How to Create a Data Analytics Strategy to Grow Your Business

Are you building a Software-as-a-Service platform? Wondering what data is essential for your business? Time for a Data Analytics Strategy.

47. "My manager gave me detailed instructions on what to do, but I kept asking why" #Noonies2021

Don't wait for an invitation to do product strategy, because you won't get it.

48. Non-Linear Competition In A Tech-Driven Business World

How the competition works in the long-term, and how competition is non-linear in a tech-driven business world

49. Proper Communication Helps Make Digital Transformation Smooth

The digital transformation process of the business. The role of communication during the fundamental change. Agility as the locomotive of transformation.

50. Practical Guide to Jobs-to-be-Done Framework for Building a B2B Content Strategy

The Jobs To be Done framework is an effective tool for mapping out a content strategy that is focused on the buyer’s needs

51. Product Decisions In Large Organisations Don't Have To Be Hard

Product and development teams often try to deal with the uncertainty they face with more research, more analysis, more process, more people and more frameworks. Organisations, especially the larger ones, intensify this rather than help navigate the uncertainty.

52. How to Choose the Best Apps for Your Business

Key strategies to pick the best apps for your business

53. Data Analytics is a Journey

It is 2020 and the data analytics has gained so much attention even outside of the tech community. "Data is gold", they say - no one wants to be left behind. However, getting the right strategy is neither a straightforward nor static process.

54. How to Hack the Product Adoption Process

Last Thursday, I was lucky to interview Warren Schirtzinger during a live webinar, one of the co-creators of the “Chasm” framework in the 80s, later polished and popularized by Geoffrey Moore in the book “Crossing the Chasm”.

55. These Capability Assessments Help in Focused Product Development

Deciding on what to build inhouse vs. buy off the shelf requires product prioritization. Build a capability assessment to improve your product strategy.

56. Startups Need to Make These 4 New Year's Resolutions

4 New Year Resolutions every startup founder should stick to in 2021 including taking care of mental health, implementing cloud tech, and more.

57. The Rise of Eastern Europe as a Coding Powerhouse

Silicon Valley has always been a dream destination for developers and tech talent. The so called “The Bay Area,” is the world’s largest and most famous startup ecosystem.

58. Top 5 Challenges For Indie Hackers

It's a tough lifestyle being a solo indie hacker. Here are some of the hardest parts.

59. How to Ensure that the Product Satisfies the Product/Market Fitness.

One of the most common questions asked by up-and-coming entrepreneurs is “ What matters most for a startup’s success? ”

60. What Do You Think Your Values Are?

Do You Know What Your Values Are?

61. The Less Debt You Have, the More Risk You Can Assume.

Think about the level of focus you can have without the stress of losing everything.

62. 8 Investment Strategies to Embrace Right Now

I lost a lot of money during the 2008 financial crisis.  And before the corona crisis hit, I had made sure I don’t repeat the same mistakes. So, I made a plan and stuck to it.

63. Good Strategy, Bad Vision? Product Management Paradoxes — Part I

There is a recurrent thread going on in tech circles that contrasts 1) the philosophical approach of companies that have adopted the lean startup practice of rapid customer development cycles, and pivoting with your learnings, vs 2) companies that are thesis-driven, have a big mission and are relentless in pursuing it, bending reality to their will — using examples of product visionaries like Jobs, Gates and Musk.

64. Engaging with Customers in the Early Stages of a Startup

In the early stages of startup development, teams run the risk of advancing too quickly as they obtain limited data about their early customers.

65. Should Designers do Product Management?

If designers should know how their product may be engineered, they should also know how it may be productized.

66. Company Culture: Future-Proofing Your Startup Venture

Company Culture: Future-Proofing Your Startup Venture

67. Lessons In Distribution From Your TV Remote Control

What makes up distribution for a business? In this article, you will learn some valuable lessons about distribution by starting from your remote control.

68. 3 Marketing Strategies Delivering the Best Growth for Online Side Hustles

Here's what I learned growing an online side hustle from $0 to $800 per month in 3 months: Growing an online side-hustle is not easy. Content, in particular, is a risky marketing proposition because of a steep learning curve, high labor and input costs, with very uncertain returns. Yet content forms the basis of pretty much any online marketing strategy — from email to blogging to social. It’s vital for online growth.

69. Working With Creatives Doesn't Have to Be Hard

70. People are What Matter Most When it Comes to Scaling

Brian Scudamore | Scaling Secrets: It’s All About People

71. What is Reverse Mentoring?

Reverse mentoring occurs when young people become mentors of executives to guide them on various topics of strategic and cultural relevance.

72. Ten Things to Know about (Digital) China and Beyond.

Today, there are more than 900 million Internet users in China -- about three hundred million more than Europe’s total population. It is also more than twice the total U.S. and Canadian populations combined in 2019.

73. Principles of Effective Goal Setting

In most organisations, big picture thinking comes off as a seasonal flavour often appearing every few months. Mental gymnastics that goes with determining the “why” - meaning or purpose of goals, promise of a better future, and the excitement of doing something new definitely gets the creative juices flowing. Though not for all, most people in the organisation find this phase highly energising and exhilarating. But does this motivation last long?

74. Mercuryo.io Co-Founder: How To Appeal To Your Target Audience Like An Expert

The cryptocurrency market is registering an impressive growth year by year. With the rise of DeFi, investors expect next-generation wallets, payment processors with various services, catered to users at one spot. As the market expands not only in the B2C but B2B sector, startups must strategize efficiently and effectively. I sat down with Greg Waisman, Co-Founder, and COO at Mercuryo.io, a payment processing company, to discuss what makes a customer tick and what management should look at when expanding overseas.

75. 4 Ways to Foster Your Leadership Skills

I have worked with some excellent managers, people who were not only good at what they did, but also had great leadership potential. Sadly though, these managers didn’t invest in their own growth. They were so busy attending to the daily demands of the management job - putting out fires, resolving production issues, solving for customer escalation, moving from one delivery timeline to another - that they failed to build the skills required to become a great leader some day.

76. Create a Business Model Canvas for Your Business

The business model canvas is the CONCLUSION of a long and fruitful process, which will ultimately inform a company’s entire strategy.

77. Artificial Intelligence Business Opportunities: 10 Steps to Implement

Much like the rest of the world, Artificial Intelligence (A.I) has a 1% problem. Creating a smart algorithm is not yet a given for many entrepreneurs - why not?

78. A Guide to Growing your Average Order Value - A Price led Merchandising Segmentation Strategy

The goal of the retail merchandising activity is to support a retail strategy that generates value for the customers. The selection of the merchandise and the type of goods are the key of the retail strategies. According to author Michael Levy in Retailing Management, the decision to carry particular merchandise is tactical rather than strategic.

79. How Do You Define Business Model Innovation?

In 2020, all competitive companies are in a state of constant business transformation. That’s just a fact : those that do not evolve are made redundant by stronger, more agile competitors. And so, mediocre companies update their products and services. Good companies update their processes, too. Great companies, meanwhile, update their business models.

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