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The Progress Principle - Particles move faster than the speed of light

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Thinking they will take my engineering degree back(although I have not done any real engineering for years anyways). It is interesting that scientists seem to have broken the speed of light throwing into question the basic laws of physics. So is that progress?

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Strategic Intuition

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My engineering education also helped me to suppress it. . + I read a book by William Duggan " Strategic Intuition - the Creative Spark in Human Achievement ". I have long been an intuitive person. At the same time, I have suppressed this. And over time and work, I became more logical than intuitive.

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Marketing Testing

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And of course, I am a big advocate of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) (Canrock invested in a Long Island SEO company ). If you happen to hit a success formula, your business can scale very quickly. Keep tracking though since success can be fleeting. Things change all the time so keep testing and tracking.

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Roger Martin

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My sense is I am very good at intuitive thinking but my engineering study and business background added a high analytic component to my thinking. "Entrepreneurs are delusional but our societies need these dreamers who think they are the one in ten". The worst killer of innovation is the phrase "prove it". You can never prove any new idea.

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The Transformative CEO

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job is to be our cultural engineer" And then Ayn LePlant (CEO, Beekley Corp) also voiced her opinions on culture. Zappos has 10 core values and we make sure everyone in the company has those core values, and lives them." Jim McCann (CEO of 1-800-Flowers and a personal friend of mine) said "It is tough to maintain your culture as you grow.my

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Happy Valentines Day

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Say I'm an engineer who suddenly finds such a problem. During launch, people are driving cars, they're running tests, and they're doing things that can lead to the discovery of a new complication that could delay a launch. I probably want to solve it on my own if I can--that's human nature. But it's not the right impulse.

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Found Time

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Soup up your sales engine (support sales with good technology and corporate resources) 4. The five proven strategies are not surprising, but it's the examples and interviews that provide the most important insights. The strategies are: 1. Find growth before your competitors do 2. Sell the way your customers want 3. Focus on your people 5.

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