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Social Media Influence | N2Growth Blog

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Listening, engaging, reciprocating – have earned us 2 billionaire backers, 4000+ franchising inquiries & 300+ stores now in development (launched franchise company in Fall '09). link] Robbie Vitrano Hey Mike, thanks for including NakedPizza in the validation. Humbled, validated and taking nothing for granted.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

Transformational CEOs Tend to be “Insider Outsiders” The list is topped by companies headed by visionary founders with no prior experience in their industries; Jeff Bezos came from the world of finance, and Reed Hastings from software. Today this unit accounts for 29% of revenue.

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The Problem With Coaching | N2Growth Blog

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Any number of franchised coaching offerings can be purchased at affordable prices, numerous affliliations with the hot coaching brand de-jure are available for the asking, or if all else fails coaches can just go it alone as a solo practitioner – the more the merrier right?

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Cool Alone Won't Save Your Company

Harvard Business Review

Hence lots of the analytical, linear thinking at GM drove him to distraction; Product Planning analysts in particular: "a department composed of recycled finance types" as he calls them in the book. Bob tells it like it is and has a more holistic sense of cause-and-effect relationships than most. And in the U.S. market: small and mid-car.

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Statesman vs. Politician | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

One might add that at the time of the Founders, America had approximately 2 million people, and many fewer had the franchise than today. M [link] James Strock Great points, Mike. Now we're over 300 million. No one could credibly argue that our political leadership is anywhere near the same class as the Founders' era.

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