Finance & Operations
The Business Model Canvas: What It Is and Why You Need It
Earlier this week, I watched Alex Osterwalder introduce his Business Model Canvas to a group of avid listeners at MIT's...
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Startup Strategy
The Message Is the Message: Occupy Wall Street
Half of any battle is controlling the media perception of "us" and "them."  Despite its decentralized nature, Occupy Wall Street...
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Startup Strategy
Leadership Qualities - Lose the introverts? No!
[caption id="attachment_5783" align="alignleft" width="240"] Image provided by: {link:http://www.bluemts.com.au/businessinfo/news.asp?pid=10&id=85}bluemts.com.au{/link}[/caption] As a society, when we talk about introverts and extroverts positioning for...
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Product
Effective Product Videos
A couple weeks ago I threw my hands up in despair over the number of companies out there whose websites,...
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Startup Strategy
Review: Five Important Questions
Title: The Five Most Important Questions (You will ever ask about your organization). Author: Peter F. Drucker and the Leader...
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Startup Strategy
2 practices that kill your professional image
Anyone running a business while simultaneously looking for investors or seeking a venture capital investment will invariably be busy. They...
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Startup Strategy
Review: Go To Market Strategy - Lawrence Friedman
Title: Go To Market Strategy Author: Lawrence Friedman Edition: 2002 Presentation: Organization – Though the cover, graphics, and chapter pages...
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Startup Strategy
Review: Sales Management (Parts II & III) - Robert Calvin
The attendees of this week's Sales Forum had to face approximately two feet of snow here in Boston yesterday. For...
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Startup Strategy
3 Quick Ways to Lose a Potential Customer
Generally, when a potential customer visits your website, they do so in the hopes of understanding what you do and...
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