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Product Led Growth: What No One Tells You About That You Really Need to Knowby Chris Mele

One of the best things about the software industry is its unwavering belief that there is always a better way.  No mousetrap that can’t be built better. This creates an intoxicating energy that flows through the industry’s consciousness. I am sure it is what attracted me to the industry a couple of decades ago and has kept me motivated over the years. 

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What is the IQ of your Company? Panel at the Horasis USA Meeting

On March 04, 2022, at the virtual Horasis USA Meeting, 8W8 Global Business Builders’ CEO, Ralf Hirt, will be chairing the panel ‘What is the IQ of your company? Measure, Develop, Apply, Evolve, Repeat’ with five highly accomplished speakers.

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Meet our CEO at Silicon Valley Tracks at Startup Network Europe Event Series

8W8 Global Business Builders founder & CEO, Ralf Hirt, will be participating as a speaker at the Swedish, Dutch, Swiss and German events hosted by the Startup Network Europe.

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CovQ Value Creation OS: Build your Company IQby Ralf Hirt

In the images below, we have summarized all you need to know about the CovQ Value Creation OS.

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No Brainer! LinkedIn Poll on Company IQ ROI Results by 8W8by Ralf Hirt

In July 2021, 8W8 Global Business Builders provider of the Compound Value Creator Quotient platform and assessment, aka CovQ, ran a LinkedIn Poll addressing Founders – Executives and Management – Board Members – Investors

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The New Nature of Databy Andre Vellozo

The post pandemic recovery promise, is one of a digitally transformed economy. It is about the amount of energy used to transform information into data and data back into information. Versus the value it creates everywhere, for everyone, and for the better.

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Strategic Planning: Advice for Board Membersby Naomi Kent

As board members, we are all familiar with strategic planning, it is at the core of our work advising and governing businesses. 

A strategic planning session can range from a short informal discussion to an all-day or multiple-day event, or a process taking a couple of months in several intervals with many hours of slides and whiteboarding. It can also be a struggle to engage everyone involved during this time, with differing opinions, experiences, and interests. Frequently you will spend this time analyzing the company, and in some cases, you will only receive a report from which you will be required to make and approve major decisions. 

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Moderating Digital Platform and Ecosystem Panel at the Horasis Global Meeting

Technical infrastructures and their inter-connected systems of social and commercial interaction are already disrupting or dominating many sectors. What strategies will succeed in a world of boundaryless online marketplaces, operating systems and innovation communities that orchestrate economic and social activity in new ways? How will digital platforms and ecosystems evolve into the future?

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Step Ahead of the Curveby Ralf Hirt

In the chart below, we have illustrated the infinite process of compound value creation applying CovQ.