Archive July 2006
Venture Capital Prefers US Market
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Venture Capital firms talk a good game when it comes to internationally diversifying their portfolio, but how aggressively do they really seek offshore investment opportunities? According to a recent study published Deloitte & Touche and the National Venture Capital Association apparently not very often. It seems that VCs ...
Private Equity vs. Venture Capital
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Based upon numerous requests from N2growth Blog readers and subscribers I will be publishing my advice and opinions in answer to your questions each Monday in a new series creatively named: “Myatt on Mondays“. Any questions related to the topic of business in general (Branding, Finance, Leadership, Talent ...
WiMAX Anyone?
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth If you’re not familiar with WiMAX you may want to take a few minutes to read this blog post because it is the next big thing in wireless broadband Internet access. WiMAX (Wireless Interoperability for Microwave Access) is like WiFi on steroids. It is a second generation protocol ...
The Current Situation in the Mid East
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Let me begin by saying that I have no direct stake in this fight as I’m neither Arab nor Jew. That being said we all have an indirect stake in that conflicts in the Middle East have a direct impact on how we live and do business. If asked ...
Interview with Phil Gerbyshak
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth One of the requests I’ve had of late is to begin conducting interviews with Authors, CEO’s and other business personalities that would be of interest our readers. Well, ask and you shall receive….I first stumbled across Phil Gerbyshak on the blogosphere by posting a comment on an article he ...
How’s Your Elevator Pitch?
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth One of the first and most important professional communication techniques I was taught in business was the importance of developing an “Elevator Pitch” a very short statement describing what it is that you do. In fifty words or less (about 30 €“ 45 seconds) you should be able ...
Casting Stones
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth There has been much written about the life and death of Ken Lay since he passed away earlier this week. I have long made it a point not to sit in judgment of others as it is very difficult to properly connect the dots from afar. It is ...