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Start-ups, Franchises, Venture Capitalists Oh My!

Women on Business

Eric Koester, Zaarly’s co-founder and chief marketing officer, provides great tips to any new start-ups in the early stages. Read More on this article. Top 100 Franchises. AllBusiness AllStar Franchise released winners for the fourth annual “best of the best” franchises of 2012. Domino’s Pizza.

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The Big Picture of Business – Community Relations and Cause Related Marketing Are Business Strategies, Not Sales Promotions: Determining the Right Kind of Tie-In Causes.

Strategy Driven

I recently stopped for lunch at a franchise restaurant. I support cause related marketing and have advised many corporations on setting up such programs. I went to their website, where franchise chains allege they want customer comments. I say it is not, and I’m an expert on cause-related marketing.

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Social Media Influence | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Become a part of them as opposed to a vendor to them …This is a difficult concept for old-school marketers to get their arms around, but a critical one nonetheless. This is a great article and I plan to send the link to the Social Media Nae sayers in my office! Everything you say is entirely true! Especially regarding Twitter.

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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to a Great Mentor. Remembering Cactus Pryor.

Strategy Driven

One remote on which I joined Cactus was for the fourth KFC franchise in the United States. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. The same was true of Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen. The result was the Booking.com platform.

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What Social Entrepreneurs Can Teach Your Company's Future Leaders

Harvard Business Review

This striking gap signals an opportunity for companies: Secure a competitive advantage by building your employees' ability to succeed in the increasingly complicated labyrinths of today's — and tomorrow's — markets. Give Us Feedback and Get a Free HBR Article. Take Allianz, a German financial services company.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

Strategy Driven

This article is about: Lessons that I learned to last a lifetime. The second was at what was the fourth KFC franchise to open in the United States. There became too many competitors, too much franchising, too much hype and just as many who exited the industry as quickly as they entered it. The year was 1959. About the Author.