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5 Fav Business and Strategy Post – September 11th

10:40 am

Photo by John Gordy As we all are settling in after the summer holidays, well those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, I wanted to make sure that you didn’t miss these interesting posts. Enjoy and please let me know what you think. Why TV Won’t Die: The Power of Big Seed

A Business Innovation Practice That Attracts Success

3:35 pm

The art of innovation involves asking questions. Lots of them. Here is a list of ten of the right questions to ask as you endeavor to make your business model better. If you ask these questions as part of your routine, you will demonstrate that your clients, partners, and champions matter. What

Is it Time for Business Models to Reboot?

3:07 pm

Would you be willing to blow-up your successful business for the opportunity for it to survive. Mitch Joel thinks that many businesses need to pull a Hernan Cortes (Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire) and force new business models by eliminating the

Part 1: Competitive Advantage without Michael Porter?

2:53 pm

I was posed with a simple yet very poignant question today on Linked-In, is Michael Porter's Competitive Advantage Model incomplete? First off, here is the boiled down version of Michael Porter's concept. There are two types of competitive advantages a business can obtain: low-cost and

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