Rich Gee Group

MAY 3, 2020

This is a powerful article from my good friend, Hans Hanson — a National College Advisor who helps families save college costs and win admissions. With that in mind, during the worst recession that we have personally experienced, colleges have managed to double their price. It was so spot-on, I had to re-publish it on my site.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

For most of my career, I operated within intensely competitive arenas where fractions of market share points were worth millions of dollars. The companies that employed me were generally the underdogs in battles against bigger, better-financed organizations. All you have to do is make them think you will compete at any cost.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 10, 2012

In The Price of Inequality , Noble Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz points out that, at $90 billion, the combined wealth of the six Walton family heirs to the Wal-Mart fortune is equivalent to that of the entire bottom 30 percent of Americans. Stiglitz: The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future.

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HR Digest

JULY 14, 2021

A finance expert who wants now to expand into marketing or customer dealings can choose from a myriad of short courses that deal in the same fields. . As people advance in their industry, they may need to develop leadership, finance, or accounting skills, which they can acquire through these EMBAs or short business courses.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Avoid controversy, maintain a high likeability factor, consistently and proactively engage your customers, be a business of character that engenders trust and confidence with your target market(s), produce a quality product or service at a competitive price point, and provide great customer service. must all reflect high standards of quality.

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Even before the recession, incomes of American middle-class families weren't keeping up with inflation, especially with the rising costs of what are considered the essential ingredients of middle-class life—college education , health care and housing. Her scrupulous budgeting of household expenses hasn't alleviated the pinch.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

It costs 5 to 10 times more to attract a new customer than it does to keep an existing one. Let me share a few statistics to support this point: 65% of your business comes from existing customers—over half of your business is repeat customers—or at least it should be.

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Customer Loyalty Loyalty Press Release Discount 171

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

I have watched many a well intentioned executive get sucked into gossip in an attempt to help, only to pay a big price down the road for their error in judgment. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Our Freedom. mikemyatt: The rigidity of a closed mind is the first s. All Rights Reserved

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 19, 2020

The period of analysis corresponded with a huge rise in the use of industrial robots, with the price of such machinery also falling by approximately 80%. The researchers conducted a comprehensive analysis of the economic impact of industrial robots over 17 countries between 1993 and 2007 across 14 different industries.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

I have only raised my voice in the workplace twice during my career and both times I have regretted it tremendously. Resist the temptation to give way to emotional decisioning and you’ll see your career and company soar to new heights of success. link] Summary Sunday | Guide for Lifetime Career Navigation | Career Sherpa [.]

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

Some of the things you should vary and test are: • Promotion offered • Price • Free offers • Graphics • Free Trial • Color • Font • Mail Format • Length • Day and time of emailing • Subject lines and body copy • Response device (reply to email, visit website, etc.) Even though we are bombarded with thousands of emails per.

Marketing 162

Marketing Press Release Direct Marketing Discount 162

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Largely due to the iPod’s strong integrated design qualities it is the dominant brand in its class, commands a pricing premium, and has developed an extremely loyal and satisfied customer base. Also worth noting is that there is certainly a difference between value engineering and arbitrary cost containment. Our Freedom.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Let me be blunt – you won’t earn anyone’s respect, at least not the respect of anyone who matters if your concern for career success overshadows your concern for the well-being of your family. Think About Your Legacy: Create a legacy that transcends your career. What I can tell you is that I’ve always made my family a priority.

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Blog Career Learning-by-Doing Advice 414

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. “The decision-makers will want to see a simple model that shows revenue, costs, overhead, and cash flow,” he says. Stop avoiding finance because you’re afraid of numbers. Think of it this way, “Finance is the way businesses keep score.

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Finance Skills EBITDA Net Present Value 8

Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 10, 2018

But don’t be discouraged; for many the hard work is worth it when you consider the freedom over your own time and finances. If you’re making a big career change, gaining new qualifications or re-training will help to support your new business. Here are 8 signs that you might not be ready for it (yet). Do your research.

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Tips Learning-by-Doing Industry Long-term 95

Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2016

Most companies, whether start-ups or long-time players live in a world shaped by the laws of demand where low pricing can trump quality, and where targeted marketing, carefully crafted keywords, and social media engineering can build awareness, influence opinion, and generate sales. It’s the complete plan to drive sales of a new product.

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Productivity Products Marketing Strategy Budgeting 50

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

How many times have you witnessed someone holding-out for a higher price, better valuation, evolving markets, technology advances, or any number of other circumstances that either never transpire, or by the time they do, the opportunistic advantage had disappeared? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Our Freedom.

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Blog Leadership Self-aware Crisis 418

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2018

Who wouldn’t want a meaningful career and better balance between work and home? For many of us, it’s finances that keep us from making a career change. We worry and wonder: What would a career change do to our bank accounts? But Steve, Amanda, and Brandon all left those jobs and made a mid-career transition.

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Career Budgeting Short-term Planning 9

N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

An additional argument in support for CEO term limits is based upon the premise that the price of CEO terms that last too long goes deeper than the obvious performance metrics…that there is somehow the missed opportunity of a different vision, never heard and never realized. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

While both require sacrifice, success comes at a great price and is often based upon the compromise of values. Taking from my own experience, I've been lucky to be successful (measured by quick progression up the career ladder, material comforts etc) and yet I'm still working on being professionally significant. Our Freedom.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

But Everything has a price, there is no smoke without fire!!!! mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Self evaluations are a great gut check, but even better gut checks come from being critically assessed by others. link] ATIG Dear Mike, Transparency in communication can help us to do better. Our Freedom.

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Blog Leadership Benchmarking Tactics 366

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Breaking Up the Retail-Price Confusopoly 8:25 AM Tuesday November 30, 2010 by Joshua Gans | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print This years holiday shopping season improved somewhat over last year with sales likely to top $11 billion.

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Retail Price Comparison Nalebuff 13

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

link] mikemyatt Hi Dan: What a great observation about the "price" of loyalty. It has a very real cost and when things go bad walking the talk can be very painful and very expensive. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. As a result it will be misused, abused and eventually broken. Our Freedom.

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Reiter Thinks

JUNE 6, 2011

College degrees are over priced and carry less and less value. That paper your degree is printed on isn’t worth the $40 to $75 grand that you financed. Filed under: Business , Career , Money Matters , News , Success Tagged: Employment , Money , motivation , news , Self help , Small Business. Also your house isn’t worth squat.

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Finance Price Motivation Career 43

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

A simple cost/benefit or risk/reward analysis should indicate whether your effort will be of value to you, and even if it is not of value to you, it may be to others. The big thing for me is I know when I add something to my life and work, there's a price to pay – time wise! Something has to be subtracted. Our Freedom.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 20, 2010

Winning an argument isn’t particularly difficult, but it may come at a very expensive price. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Bright people can quickly find themselves in the position of confusing ego with intellect, and can sometimes defend ideas to the death rather than admit they’re wrong.

Blog 420

Blog Engineering Brand Learning-by-Doing 420

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

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? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

That’s what they have done for most of their careers. (2 99.99999 percent of actual management consultants come from five basic career orientations and fit onto one of the five branches of The Business Tree : Technical or niche industry orientation. 2 percent). This does not include marketing, which should be another 10 percent.

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Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 61

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

But because true leaders are motivated by loving concern than a desire for personal glory, they are willing to pay the price.&# - Eugene B. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Serves their best interests, and in doing so will not always be popular, may not always impress. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I hope your inspiring and heartfelt thoughts cause others to reflect on the great price that has been, and is continuing to be paid to protect our freedom. Perhaps your story will serve to help others to never forget 9/11 and to always remember that there is a very expensive cost associated with our freedom. Thanks for sharing Steve.

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Blog Hotels Follow-up Brand 404

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2012

To many, the obvious candidate for measuring corporate performance is share price. A generation of economists, finance theorists, business school professors, and would-be governance experts has embraced the notion that companies exist only to maximize "shareholder value.". In effect it leaves the manager with no objective.".

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Short-term Long-term Objective Customer Loyalty 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2015

In particular, we are interested in how many of their responses correlate with what academic finance knows and what it teaches. Furthermore, few PE investors explicitly use the capital asset price model (CAPM) to determine a cost of capital. the notion that debt financing can be “cheap” at certain times).

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CAPM Discounted Cash Flow Company Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2011

Following the collapse of housing prices, a growing number of people have voiced concerns over a looming collapse of higher education tuition. First, I learned that the cost of an MBA in the flagship, 2-year program where I teach is roughly $100,000 , not counting lost earnings during full-time enrollment. It's not clear that they are.

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Education Human Capital Class CFO 15

Chris Brady

JANUARY 5, 2011

Cost $20,000 for yarn and crochet hooks Posted by: John Dickinson | January 05, 2011 at 10:29 AM For 4 payments of only $19.99 Posted by: Josh | January 05, 2011 at 09:06 PM Yet another michigan coach searching popular online career websites for that next job offer that can lead to yet another defeat.I mean VICTORY. I'm focused.

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Travel Blog Letter Shaw 82

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

These two actions cost almost nothing compared to vast sums often spent — and arguably, often wasted — on efforts to foster innovation. ” Meanwhile, the company recruited non-scientist talent from finance, consulting, tech, academia, and political campaigns and inserted them into drug-development roles.

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Innovation Company Incentives Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

I know that finance professors at business schools throughout the nation teach MBAs and executives that, for the sake of economic efficiency, a company should “maximize shareholder value.” Yet these careers and the returns that they can generate are not guaranteed. I disagree with this priority. That’s just 2.1% Employee incentives.

Innovation 8

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Ask them if they apply much else from else from economics in their actual business careers, and you’re likely to hear “not much.”. Walker’s innovation was to bind travelers to pay the prices they bid if the airlines and hoteliers on Priceline accepted the offers. Here a few notable examples. Economics and logistics.

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