CEO Blog

MAY 3, 2012

His book explains Klout and how it works in detail (although the nature of these things is they always keep a mystery about how they arrive at the numbers and they always change). How is Klout used? As with SEO, I worry people will try to figure out how to game the system. 4 - Grow your network. My lunch:

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

When you know that your company will never be the low-cost producer nor will it ever have enough cash to outspend the big cat, there’s no choice but to find other ways to skin that cat. So how does a small player compete against mega corporations? 7. They grow by doing more and more. Grow by doing less, better.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 27, 2016

If it isn’t Shark Tank, it’s doing nothing to grow the business and put money in the bank. If you watch even one episode of American Idol, you’ll notice that none of the contestants want to be the best gardeners, painters, or stock brokers. While it’s entertaining to watch, it does little to prove their worth as singers.

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

It is a gift that grows simply by sharing it. Think of it as the Law of Accelerating Returns — the more you share your network, the more people share it in return and the more the rate of sharing accelerates. Make this your year of the Law of Accelerating Returns. We fear rejection. We fear looking stupid.

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Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Starting Your Own Business? Glean These 19 Ideas & Tips to Skyrocket Your Success Note: This post was written in collaboration with Victoria Greene , an ecommerce brand marketing consultant, freelance writer, and small business owner with a pulse on the future of online selling. Still, starting your own business is no small feat.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

You are not too worried because your people will tell you if something is wrong, although they didn’t the last time you lost a customer. When you feel like this it is time to be on your guard. Dig hard into your operation to see what’s wrong. When you feel like this it is time to be on your guard. 3 Innovation is DOA.

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Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

This is fueled by the structure of an 'our side against yours' national mindset. While China's growing economy (as well as those of other emergent nations) has increased the demand for oil, it is at best only one of the three main factors in the increase in oil prices, and it might be the least significant.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

You might lose your job despite your best efforts. But whatever the cause, what feels like a roadblock could be your first step on a new growth journey – as long as that step is backwards. Growing steadily, the company went public in the 1950s. Ask yourself: why have I stopped growing?

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Corporate anthropologists Mario Moussa, Derek Newberry, and Greg Urban have a combined 75 years of experience in the field, and I had the opportunity to talk with them about their new book, THE CULTURE PUZZLE ; the four forces that shape culture; and how leaders can harness these forces so that their organizations can thrive. It’s dynamic.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2017

If, as Michael Porter wrote , competitive advantage stems from how “activities fit and reinforce one another… creating a chain that is as strong as its strongest link,” then strategic fit is something that the Venetian Republic had in spades. What’s the lesson for entrepreneurs and innovators today?

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CO2

JANUARY 21, 2012

As the sisters sat over their tea talking, the elder began to boast of the advantages of town life: saying how. comfortably they lived there, how well they dressed, what fine. how she went to the theatre, promenades, and entertainments. “I would not change my way of life for yours,” said she. “We may.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

It is a gift that grows simply by sharing it. Think of it as the Law of Accelerating Returns — the more you share your network, the more people share it in return and the more the rate of sharing accelerates. Make this your year of the Law of Accelerating Returns. We fear rejection. We fear looking stupid.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2019

The earth overshoot day , which documents how many resources the earth can resupply in a given year, is getting shorter. In some cases referred to as the “Attenborough Effect,” the public is now massively aware of how their consumption is affecting the planet. How do we realistically intend to feed 9 billion people and growing?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

It’s controversial because “the internet”, in Facebook’s plan, initially consisted of a limited walled garden curated by Facebook itself. The situation grows more complicated if companies’ action is considered an in-kind contribution to a candidate or elected official.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

If only you will buy their version of ‘The Answer,’ then you can surely fast-forward your way to instant riches, success and an easy life. Therefore, it does not fully grow and bloom. ‘Helping You Achieve Your Future.’ My analysis: You achieve your own future, with the help of skilled advisors.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

operator of theme parks including SeaWorld and Busch Gardens, recently filed for an initial public offering (IPO). If your company views pricing in this manner, it's not making the most of this powerful bottom-line enhancing strategy. SeaWorld Entertainment Inc.,

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2012

It is yours. It has space to grow bigger. If they have room to expand, they can quite possibly spread, and be picked up by others and grow into something much, much bigger than what you imagined. One such game is Fold It , which helps scientists advance their field by knowing how a protein should fold.

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