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Without exception, one-firm firms are led (not managed) in a consensus-building style. All have (or have had) strong leaders who engage in extensive consultation before major decisions are taken.

Because of a greater requirement for team approaches in delivering services, the need to disseminate internally and organize the firm’s collective experience and knowledge, professionals in the firm would become more interdependent and there would be a greater…

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narratives. As VCs, the most basic decision we face daily is whether to invest in a startup. Will this be a good investment? A high risk/high return investment? A long- or short-term investment? The Razor does not answer any of these questions. It provides a vehicle for organizing our energies so that we can find the data and create a narrative tha

Grey Hair projects, while they may require a highly customized “output” in meeting the clients’ needs, involve a lesser degree of innovation and…

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peer recognition

Institute peer-to-peer recognition. When

Lean startup methodologies, as defined by Steve Blank and Eric Ries, are also an alternative to waterfall-like approaches to business planning. There are simply too many untested assumptions in product development and customer discovery to have a reasonable prediction of features, including customer ability and willingness to pay, readiness of supp