Summaries Business and Entrepreneurship Strategic Positioning & Investment: Securing Your Company's Future

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Position yourself strategically to compete with larger companies and invest in development, people, and culture to create a lasting impression and secure your company's future.

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  Position yourself as a market leader by hiring more people, focusing on internal resources, and targeting customers in Russia to continue growth.
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  Strengthen the team, understand the market, experiment, focus on strategy, and have self-discipline to stay competitive.
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  Positioning ourselves strategically to compete with larger companies, we are building an international production network with 50 affiliates.
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  Focus on product portfolio and fixed-price contracts, shift focus from growth to profitability when revenue reaches a certain level, use financial leverage and letters of credit for protection, pay directors a salary and bonuses, and leave profits in the company to increase the airbag.
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  1:21:13

  Few people have the ambition, skills, and knowledge to be successful leaders and investors, and we are looking to grow our business significantly.
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  1:46:34

  Invest in development, people, and culture to create a lasting impression and secure your company's future.
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  2:05:17

  Understanding how to enter and sell projects is key to success for IT specialists and businessmen.
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  2:20:32

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  Position yourself as a market leader by hiring more people, focusing on internal resources, and targeting customers in Russia to continue growth.

  • Achieving success requires balancing ambition with understanding the client's needs and positioning yourself to be seen as a company, not just a person.
  • Companies specialize in different niches, from turnkey projects to providing staff, to determine their ranking in the market.
  • It is time to hire more people as the market has more people and the competition for resources is high, so it is important to position yourself as a market leader.
  • We are increasing our staff and focusing on internal resources, hiring partners and contractors, and looking at growth in terms of profit, customer portfolio, and market share.
  • We have changed our focus from major international brands to customers in Russia, including state-owned companies, in order to continue growth.
  • More people in the market means that rates have gone down, so businesses need to hire more people and create an internal school to grow interns and promote them to super specialists.
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  26:34

  Strengthen the team, understand the market, experiment, focus on strategy, and have self-discipline to stay competitive.

  • In the coronavirus year, the challenge was to keep everything that was and strengthen the team, while uncertainty was the perfect time to do it, and when it comes time to sell, it is very cool to sell.
  • Few companies scale successfully, but when you see them they are worthy of respect.
  • Pay attention to those who build their company layer by layer and learn from them.
  • To stay competitive, it is important to understand the market and experiment with new services and suggestions.
  • I now focus on strategy and have a team of 10 people to help me, while PR, marketing, and sales have taken a backseat.
  • It is important to have self-discipline to work in the infrastructure and be able to resolve issues on your own.
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  Positioning ourselves strategically to compete with larger companies, we are building an international production network with 50 affiliates.

  • We carefully positioned ourselves as a leading web integrator to enter the mobile market development without compromising our brand recognition.
  • Positioning evolves with company growth, and should not be more or less than the size of the company.
  • We use a strategy of narrowing our niche to differentiate ourselves from other players in foreign markets and expand our positioning when we gain enough volumes.
  • Positioning should match the size of the business to stand out and compete with larger companies.
  • Positioning is necessary for small companies to compete with large players in the market and gain customers.
  • We are building an international production network with affiliates in Russia, Europe, USA, and India, and aiming to have 50 companies in the group to consider it successful.
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  1:05:51

  Focus on product portfolio and fixed-price contracts, shift focus from growth to profitability when revenue reaches a certain level, use financial leverage and letters of credit for protection, pay directors a salary and bonuses, and leave profits in the company to increase the airbag.

  • We should focus on product portfolio and fixed-price contracts to succeed in the European market.
  • To generate profit, a certain mass of revenue is needed, and focus should be shifted from growth to profitability when revenue reaches a certain level.
  • It is important to have financial leverage to cover expenses and have protection in case of unexpected events, such as letters of credit, to ensure business success.
  • Directors of a company should receive a salary, like any other employee, and bonuses for achievement of success, but not dividends.
  • To grow fast without taking money out of the company, leave all profits in the company to increase the airbag, and then distribute profits when the airbag accumulates enough.
  • It is normal to have a cash gap of two months when managing receivables.
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  Few people have the ambition, skills, and knowledge to be successful leaders and investors, and we are looking to grow our business significantly.

  • Everyone in the company should understand cash flows and how to work with them to ensure the business is successful.
  • To find a suitable CEO, look for someone with a portfolio of achievements that match the company's growth goals and offer a salary with a bonus component based on profit.
  • You can receive 10% profit bonuses and future options from the company's share when reaching certain business indicators.
  • Few people have the ambition, soft skills, and knowledge to be successful leaders and investors.
  • We are hungry to develop and grow our business by several orders of magnitude, and our eyes are burning with ambition.
  • The development department was completely rebuilt with a new team, new views, and new approaches, and the head of the department left, causing a serious loss for the company.
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  Invest in development, people, and culture to create a lasting impression and secure your company's future.

  • Don't judge people without knowing their circumstances and views.
  • Grisha was a brand manager and designer who invested in the company's culture of honesty, openness, creativity, and lack of authority.
  • We bought an office to accommodate up to 100 people, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, we had to rethink our plans.
  • Having a distributed team is more difficult to manage, but it is possible and can be beneficial for a company in terms of cost and access to talent.
  • Buying an office is cheaper than renting and provides a long-term asset for the business.
  • Invest in development, people, and culture to create a lasting impression and secure your company's future.
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  2:05:17

  Understanding how to enter and sell projects is key to success for IT specialists and businessmen.

  • Depending on the conditions, an IT specialist or businessman can be more beneficial, but understanding how to enter and sell projects is key to success.
  • A good manager is one who can make decisions based on the result and has a broad outlook to determine good and bad products.
  • To determine the top 3 design studios in Russia, consider weighted indicators such as business performance, trend, quality of work, and specialization.
  • Robots have achieved a lot in terms of business performance, but they are still behind us in terms of business organization and distribution.
  • Businesses need to become more systematic and diversify their client portfolio to reduce risk and increase recognition on the market.
  • Thanks for the 2.5 hours and 500 million worth of knowledge.
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