Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Invites - Make Strategy your SuperPower with Mark Chussil

Make Strategy your SuperPower with Mark Chussil

10/05/21 • 38 min

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Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Invites

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In this episode our host, Denise Silber, is joined by Mark Chussil, Founder of Advanced Competitive Strategies Inc., and business wargaming expert. They discuss the worrisome fact that the vast majority of entrepreneurs still execute on untested strategies, only to discover that the market did not react as predicted. Mark then shares some of his most impactful experiences with companies across a range of industries who now identify major strategic blindspots through testing and simulation.

So how can testing your strategy add billions to your bottom line? And how can you find blindspots in your plan before your competitors do? Mark Chussil recommends that you combine humans and computers and make strategy your business’s super power. And he even invites you to try out his pricing tournament simulation game.

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Mark Chussil is Founder of Advanced Competitive Strategies, Inc. A pioneer in business war gaming and computer-based strategy simulation, Mark has helped companies add billions to their bottom lines. He has written/co-written three books, chapters for others, and numerous articles for Harvard Business Review and other publications. His current work on strategy tournaments combines humans and computers to simulate strategy options when it helps most: before committing real money and real careers. His favorite story is when his simulations showed him how wrong he was. Mark has an MBA from Harvard and a BA from Yale.

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As a business grows, the opportunities - and challenges - are many. Finances, consistent product delivery, leadership and team-building, and pursuing a strategy while remaining nimble are just a few of the many things leaders must keep an eye on. To discuss some of these challenges and best practices for ensuring success during times of growth is Elizabeth Coleon, Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer at Qonto.

In this episode, host Philip Guarino sits down with Elizabeth Coleon to break down what it takes to bring a company to the international stage. They discuss all things scaling from how to balance central and local operations, to how to manage constant change and integration. Tune in to learn how to successfully grow your next venture.

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Elizabeth Coleon is the Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer at Qonto. She is responsible for leading the Growth team at Qonto composed of 70 talents driving Brand & Communications, Acquisition & Revenue Growth, Sales, Growth Engineering and International (Italy, Spain & Germany).

Elizabeth holds degrees from Georgetown University, Sciences Po Paris and Harvard Business School. She began her career at Goldman Sachs in mergers & acquisitions advisory and then spent 10 years at the investment firm, Paul Capital Partners, ultimately serving as a Managing Director.

Prior to Qonto, Elizabeth was at PayPal for five years, where she most recently served as Director, Global Consumer Growth.

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What are boards and why are they a powerful tool for successful businesses? Mark Hamill joins host Philip Guarino to look at best practices for startups, post-pandemic board trends, and the skills required for top performing boards. Together they discuss the keys to landing board positions, the benefits of virtual board meetings, and the increased demand for board diversity. Whether you are a seasoned board member, looking for your first board spot, or an entrepreneur on the hunt for advisors, this episode is not to be missed!

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Mark has 20 years experience in Global Executive Search, having built an EMEA Search firm which he sold to Private Equity in 2017. He has since then launched The Naked Headhunter which focuses on Succession Search and Executive Transition and the Virtual Advisory Board, a global talent pool of “Board Advisory” global executives who can help CEOs and Owners with any insight they might need on the above topics across all worldwide markets.

While also chairing Ackermann International, the largest European Executive Search firm in Latin America, Mark has dedicated the last 3 years since his exit to identifying and understanding the pain and lifecycle of executive career transition. He has created tools (Visibility Quotient) and know-how, and now he helps navigate Executives through this period.