Blue Flower

Details: Written by Michel Bergijk; Category: English articles; Published: 10 May 2013; Hits: 5130

This is the second part of a two part article series over Crowdfunding. The first part was Crowdfunding as an alternative form of financing

Because I tweeted about my donation to The Ocean Cleanup: Feasibility Study I came into contact with Lee Andrews (@CFMentor on Twitter) from the crowdfunding 'When You Wish' website. When You Wish is one of the platforms you can use to publicise your crowdfunding project. The website comes with many tools that will help you to start your own crowdfunding project.

Lee and I discussed crowdfunding as a tool for financing a project. This article is the result of the discussion.

Part 3: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and the Nation

This is the last article in a series of three. The other articles are:

This is the third article in a series of three articles on the Hierarchy of Needs of Maslow. In this article I will look into the Hierarchy of Needs of a country. A country is created during the course of history. Without going into political geography a nation exists, like an organisation, of a group of people with the same interests.

Like an organisation a country consists of people. And like a person can strive for different needs the people of the country might strive for different needs and in the end for self-actualisation. One could say that all people together strive for different needs and in the end for self-actualisation. Should a country strive for the same needs as a single person does?

Growth Slows as Operations Consume Leadership

Businesses stop growing for a number of reasons. Even when the leaders have the ability, the ambition and the money businesses often slow when they reach 20, 30 or 50 people. Why? This post argues that it happens when operations gradually consumes most of the time to lead. The company never becomes process-driven.

92.2% of European businesses are “microbusinesses” with less than 10 employees. Only 6.5% grow to become “small” (10-50 employees) and a tiny 1.1% become “medium-sized” with 50-250 people (Ecorys, 2012.)

Financial crisis, poor growth and other difficult conditions are typical explanations. That may work in a mature market but if you are in a growth area then you can’t blame market conditions. Instead you have to look inside and ask yourself the question “why are we slowing down?” Let’s assume you have the skills, are willing to put in an effort and have the finances to support it. Then what is left is how you manage your time.

Part 2: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and the Organisation

This is the second article in a series of three articles on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. The other articles are:

In this article I will look into the Hierarchy of Needs for an organization. A business starts with an entrepreneur with a good idea. Production is started. Business is going great, it begins to grow. Tasks are created, merged, split and shared. At one point there is a group of people with similar interests within the company. Together they form the organization.

The Crowdfunding Process

Crowdfunding as an alternative form of financing

Maslow and the Nation

Part 3: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and the Nation

Growth slowed by Operations

Growth Slows as Operations Consume Leadership

Maslow and the Organisation

Part 2: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and the Organisation