by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Competitiveness, Entrepreneur, Leadership
As a child you may have played “Follow the Leader,” which is a fun game—for children. In business, playing follow the leader into new products and markets can be an effective strategy that can also be profitable——in the short term. However when you have a product or...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Economy and Economics, Government Funding Compliance, Non-Profit, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up
The government is utilizing existing agency structures and federal funding assistance programs to award stimulus funding for research and innovation projects. From the Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services and others, projects are in the...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 30, 2014 | Business Articles, Government Funding Compliance, Small Business, Small Business
There seems to be a buzz about government creating more programs to teach businesses, especially small businesses, how to do business. How to compete. How to cut costs. How to (fill in the blank). More and more programs are being discussed, and I suppose funding is...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 29, 2014 | Business Articles, C.O.R.E. Business System, Commercialization, Entrepreneur, Funding
If you had to point to a single differentiating factor between successful early-stage science and technology companies and those that struggle, it would be the leadership team guiding the organization on the aspects of both science and business. Many organizations are...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 29, 2014 | Business Articles, Economy and Economics, Entrepreneur, Government Funding Compliance, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up
It should surprise no one that I believe that the success of economies is built on the efforts of the private sector, and that government’s role is to provide oversight to maintain open competition, prevent and detect fraud, and regulate activities to the extent...