Next Step Blog
Silicon Valley and Oslo – What’s the Real Funding Difference?
While Silicon Valley and Oslo share a strong passion for technological innovation with […]
Innovative Success: Role of Funding, Revenue, Time to Market
A European to US Comparative Successful global growth of ICT, Medtech, green […]
Path to Success: Role of Funding, Revenue, Time to Market
A Norwegian to US Comparative Successful global growth of ICT, Medtech, green […]
Improving Value through As a Service Model
The ability to work anywhere on any device has revolutionized all aspects of work. Employees, partners and customers expect instant access to tools and real-time data on their personal devices anywhere in [...]
Attracting and Recruiting Success Team in Hot Economy
Great companies are built from talented people working together for a common goal. In a strong economy with VC funded startups providing high levels of compensation and perks, competition for these great [...]
U.S. Expansion for Norwegian Firms: Challenges and Opportunities
In a study of investment, revenue and profit data from Norwegian startup companies which expanded to the U.S., Next Step found that the Norwegian firms, on average, had far weaker revenue growth [...]
The Business Model & the Value Proposition
The business world abounds with terms so heavily used they now border on meaninglessness. Before, during and after the recent boom and bust of Internet-based and other high-tech companies, questions about the [...]
Focus Areas for Employee Retention
Attracting the Best Talent is Not Enough According to Next Step, there are three primary categories that managers need to pay careful attention to in order to achieve high retention rates. The [...]