Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Then came ill-advised decisions — like making a flip phone when market research showed that no one wanted flip phones — and an accretion of layers of management that operated by consensus. Oh, and an offer from then-up-and-coming star Justin Bieber to rep BlackBerry, an offer that was rebuffed by the marketing department.

CTO 8

CTO Apparel Ryan Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Examples of this trend include the Pebble , a Kickstarter-funded project that has now sold over one million smart watches (and which predated Google’s Android Wear smart watch and the Apple Watch). Other contractors have also begun to engage, seeing real market value.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Energy 58

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 58

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Business development. Body of Knowledge. The Big Picture.

Crisis Management 80

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 80

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Packaging, distribution and marketing of the product.

Long-term 56

Long-term Budgeting Quality Consultative 56

Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2013

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. That’s what I do for businesses of all sizes. The Big Picture.

Franchising 65

Franchising Budgeting Pryor Consultative 65

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 2, 2013

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Attempting projects without the proper resources to do the job well.

Company 62

Company Budgeting Learning-by-Doing Consultative 62