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Navigation vs. Planning...

When you are in the middle of creating a start-up business there is one key thing to remember; the market, like “god”, paraphrasing the Irish limerick, will laugh at your plan.  It doesn’t mean that you don’t have a plan, a product...

Should Social Media be called ...

I believe Social Media has some challenges with its name.  The definition of social is “of or relating to human society”.  I guess my problem with this as a definition is because “social media” is by real definition, “of or related to...

Culture Eats Strategy for Brea...

Today, innovation moves almost at the speed of thought.  The business model you had, the job you had and the services you provide could very easily be outdated in the same decade they were created.  What does that mean to you as a business owner...

Profit is Personal...

So many times in today’s press, profit gets a bad name.  In fact many of us in business have felt over the last 4 or 5 years that a capitalist or free market society has been under attack from the press and current political climate.  Just...

Is Your Business Anti-Social?...

  Last weekend I went into a restaurant that from the from second you walked in the door was engaging you on the social front.  They wanted you to like them on Facebook,  gave you things to say and even offered you a coupon if you mentioned...

Don’t Get Shifted On...

Image via CrunchBase Sales have changed so much over the last 30 years that people that have not made the adjustments seem to be struggling unnecessarily.  They are not using the changes to their advantages. Yes, there are 5 times as many...
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recent from Marketing Navigation vs. Planning
When you are in the middle of creating a start-up business there is one key thing to remember; the market, like “god”, paraphrasing the Irish limerick, will laugh at your plan.  It doesn’t mean that you don’t have a plan, a product path or even where you are going with your business. ...
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So funny the human mind how at any given time we can believe what we believe.  We think, no we know, we are right in what ever idea we have fixated on at that point, we fight, hold grudges and even go through orchestrations of machinate to hold our ground and win our points. Sometimes we spend all this...
recent from Sales Navigation vs. Planning
When you are in the middle of creating a start-up business there is one key thing to remember; the market, like “god”, paraphrasing the Irish limerick, will laugh at your plan.  It doesn’t mean that you don’t have a plan, a product path or even where you are going with your business. ...