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Andrea Kates: Part Two of an interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Andrea Kates (akates@BusinessGenome.com) is the founder of the Business Genome® project and author of the visionary bestselling business innovation book, Find Your Next (McGraw-Hill, November 2011).

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Andrea Kates: Part One of an interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Andrea Kates (akates@BusinessGenome.com) is the founder of the Business Genome® project and author of the visionary bestselling business innovation book, Find Your Next (McGraw-Hill, November 2011).

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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

Being sharp means being succinct. When testing ideas are part of the creative process for product, service, or business development, this triangle must be a business priority: To test product, watch prospects interact with it—whether they use a tool, read a book, choose a necklace, or scan an airline ticket. Rehearse your pitch.

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Average Is Over. What's Your Extra?

Harvard Business Review

Yet I still have a sense of anticipation because in every one of Friedman's books there are a handful of insights that are so clear, so sharp, so flat-out right that they frame how you look at the world going forward. And it's a great example of an entrepreneur who built an enterprise around something "extra.". Average is over.

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Authentic Workplaces Don’t Try to Make Everyone the Same

Harvard Business Review

The next morning they are due to fly home, but discover their budget airline insists that passengers print their boarding passes in advance or face an exorbitant fee at the airport. After their sharp exchange, they had devised a novel strategy for releasing a single from the album. Sadly, the Goffees have no printer. Excerpted from.