On May 12, 2010

How to Build a Million Dollar Business

Less than 20% of all U.S. companies with employees have over $1 million in revenue. Avoid these three pitfalls to growth, and you'll vastly increase your chances of being in that elite club.
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On May 12, 2010

Do Guns and Oil Out Earn Brains?

Is Richard Florida completely wrong? An economist sifts through the data and concludes cities with economies based on oil and guns beat out those based on brains and creativity in the last business cycle.
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On May 12, 2010

Is That “Done Deal” Really Done? Maybe Not!

Lots can go wrong between the time a deal is cut, and the check is actually deposited. To know if a "done deal" is really done, get the answers to the following 10 questions.
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On May 12, 2010

Why You Should Stop Checking E-mail (at Quitting Time)

Do you send and receive e-mail 24/7? While it might be an admirable work ethic, it's terrible for productivity (and it might kill you, too). At least, that's the conclusion of the Harvard Business Review.
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On May 12, 2010

Android Tiptoes Past iPhone, for Now

Phones running the Android operating system outsold iPhones in the first quarter of 2010, according to figures released by the NPD Group Monday. However, that news didn't seem to faze the market -- on Tuesday, Apple shares


On May 12, 2010

Fitting Chatter Into the Right Box

One of the frustrations of new technology is that quite often even the vendor lacks a coherent understanding of an innovation's business context. Too often we receive a new product category and the best we can say


On May 12, 2010

Marketing ROI: No Downside to Uplift Modeling

Most successful companies invest in marketing. Marketing budgets are utilized differently depending on factors such as industry and company goals, and results are contingent on how well an organization understands and interacts with its customers. However, what


On May 12, 2010

Re: 4 Tips to Manage Endless Email Threads

One pet peeve of mine is the endless email thread; the 37 emails marked "Re: Your Last Email" and you have to scroll down through a bunch of past email to find out what topic they're even talking about, let


On May 12, 2010

UK Coalition: Married, But Not Engaged?

There will be plenty of external challenges for the Cameron/Clegg coalition, but there are three very obvious management issues they'll have to tackle quickly to ensure their 'merger' is a success.
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