Business Innovation to my left, Business Models to my right… oh my. – Week’s 5 Best Posts

by Donald McMichael
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photo via Alex Osterwalder’s pho­to­stream (flickr) It was a holiday-shortened week here in the US, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to short­change you. This week my 5 favorite busi­ness and strat­egy post are con­cen­trated on insights one can use to help deter­mine how to play the hand they’ve been dealt when they’re strug­gling feverously […]

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How Alliances Should Fit Into Your Strategy

by Donald McMichael
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Over the last four months I’ve heard an increas­ing cho­rus of voices buzzing about busi­ness alliances. Much of what I hear is focused on the activ­i­ties of larger insti­tu­tions. Think: Red­box & Ver­i­zon join­ing forces to upset Net­flix ABC/Disney & Nielsen’s aspi­ra­tion to cap­ture iPad user data behav­ior and par­lay it into more pre­cise messaging […]

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Exploding Your Business Growth Potential Read this. – Week’s 5 Best Posts

by Donald McMichael
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This week, my 5 favorite busi­ness and strat­egy post cover: How to smartly eval­u­ate oppor­tu­ni­ties for both their inno­va­tion and ‘cost’ poten­tial. Ol’ School con­nect­ing; don’t call ana­log a come­back it’s always been here… and pow­er­ful Busi­ness Model Gen­er­a­tion; the path to bet­ter decision-making As, always I’m look­ing to share with you qual­ity infor­ma­tion that helps […]

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3 Ways to Improve Your Negotiating Skills… Right Now

by Donald McMichael
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Nego­ti­at­ing: It ranks just below pub­lic speak­ing on the list of fears. Often per­ceived as a com­bat­ive sport. Miss viewed as the province of a set of mys­ti­cally trained uber pro­fes­sion­als. The funny thing is that we do it all the time. Some with­out doubt more than oth­ers, but we all dive into the realm of bargaining. […]

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Working on Growing Your Business? Read this. – Week’s 5 Best Posts

by Donald McMichael
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photo via Wiki­me­dia Com­mons This week my 5 favorite busi­ness and strat­egy post cover: Lever­ag­ing a busi­ness’ net­work to develop bet­ter solu­tions to wicked prob­lems Busi­ness model gen­er­a­tion, the who (putting together the idea tar­get mar­ket pro­file), the what (your point of excel­lence), and the how (lever­ag­ing your unique assets). The path to bet­ter decision-making As, […]

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Why Some Businesses Almost Always Make the Right Moves – Week’s 5 Best Posts

by Donald McMichael
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This week my 5 favorite busi­ness and strat­egy post cover: Bet­ter busi­ness mod­el­ing, the why (cap­ture an unfair advan­tage), how (…to main­tain it), and when (6 signs that you need to rinse and repeat). The art of a sweet sci­ence; finan­cial mod­el­ing it’s not just about the num­bers. The Busi­ness Model Can­vas – an entrepreneur-centric remix. […]

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The #1 Most Common Goof In Executing A Business Model

by Donald McMichael
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photo via PatrickS’ (flickr) Pop quiz: Why is a busi­ness model, and the strate­gic value propo­si­tion that binds it together, often treated as if it will stand the test of all time? Is it because the core mar­ket need is con­stant? Is it the fear of scrap­ping exist­ing assets (infra­struc­ture, busi­ness knowl­edge, and/or peo­ple) and the […]

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