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If You're Open to Growth, You Tend to Grow

Avatar Posted by luckycharmer under Self-Development
From http://www.nytimes.com 5986 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 9, 2008 10:48 pm
WHY do some people reach their creative potential in business while other equally talented peers don't? The Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck believes that the answer to the puzzle lies in how people think about intelligence and talent. Those who believe they were born with all the smarts and gifts they're ever going to have approach life with Read More

Is it really better to have first mover advantage?

Avatar Posted by luckycharmer under Strategy
From http://www.instigatorblog.com 5986 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 10, 2008 4:19 am
Being first doesn't guarantee success. If anything, being first is fraught with more peril; since you don't have anyone to copy or compare to. And, depending on how innovative your product offering, you might be too early for VCs to get it too, making raising money even harder. Often, when a space heats up, after the first few companies have gone Read More
Commitment to a goal or person or ideal is a very powerful step. Great things happen when you do. This post explains why. Read More

Eight Things That Are Better Than Free

Avatar Posted by gimmesome under Marketing
From http://www.kk.org 5986 days ago
Made Hot by: sanssecret on July 9, 2008 1:38 pm
The internet is a copy machine. When copies are super abundant, stuff which can't be copied becomes scarce and valuable. From my study of the network economy I see roughly eight categories of intangible value that we buy when we pay for something that could be free. In a real sense, these are eight things that are better than free. Eight uncop Read More
We can all use reminders to vacation. Rest, re-creation, time away from the job lets you recharge, reignite, reconnect. Many, many times I find the best solutions come to me when I'm not sitting at my desk. Read More

How to Grow Your Business by Firing Customers

Avatar Posted by gimmesome under Startups
From http://www.squidoo.com 5986 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 9, 2008 10:48 pm
Studies of customer profitability in many businesses have found that only a small percentage of accounts are responsible for all of the firm's profits once costs related to acquisition, service, and support have been factored in. The staggering truth is simply this: many customers cost more to serve than they bring in revenue! Read More

Steve MacGill: Who Do YOU listen to?

Avatar Posted by ZaneSafrit under Management
From http://zanesafrit.typepad.com 5986 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 12, 2008 4:56 pm
As a leader, who do you turn to for advice? Why? For what kind of advice? How often? Steve MacGill, CEO and founder of Peersight Online, asks these questions and hopes those with answers will share them at the post. Read More
Getting users engaged with your content can result with a sale, subscription, bookmark and return visit. One of best ways to increase reader engagement is to make sure that your site architecture interlinks related content and displays them in a way which encourages the user to click around. If the first article doesn't result in a subscription, t Read More

NFIB: US small business optimism slips in June

Avatar Posted by PuggieLover under Finance
From http://www.forbes.com 5986 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 8, 2008 8:32 pm
Optimism at small U.S. businesses edged down in June as owners were battered by rising food, energy and labor costs, a survey released Monday showed. The National Federation of Independent Business index of small business optimism fell 0.1 point in June to 89.2 as more owners cited inflation as their top concern. Read More
24/7/52. What this phrase means is twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and fifty-two weeks a year; this is the golden rule if you are marketing and selling your business unit's product line. Your marketing and sales efforts should never close, which means that you have 525,600 minutes a year to be open and to make sure that your business Read More
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