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Salespeople have questions. Jeffrey has answers.

Strategy Driven

Jeffrey, I’m an independent commercial real estate lender and commercial real estate mortgage broker. ” All the people you’re talking to in the real estate business only want to get a deal done. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Best regards, Jeffrey.

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Rising Sea Levels Won’t Doom U.S. Coastal Cities

Harvard Business Review

In the summer of 2013, Rolling Stone published a long article titled “Goodbye, Miami,” which claimed that climate change will submerge much of the titular city. Many of the nation’s most beautiful and productive cities — New York, Seattle, San Francisco, and others — abut the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

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The “Four P’s” of Marketing a Law Firm Online

Strategy Driven

First, I learned about the 4 P’s of Marketing—Product, Price, Place, and Promotion. The First P of Marketing a Law Firm – “the Product”. Frank at Sagapixel told me about a conversation he had with Eric Diaz, a prominent real estate attorney in Philadelphia. The Four P’s work! What Are the “Four P’s” of Marketing?

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Universities Are Missing Out on an Explosive Growth Sector: Their Own

Harvard Business Review

Many universities manage billions in research funding, but there is usually no R&D budget for their own product, namely delivering education to willing buyers. The National Association of College and University Business Officers Study on Endowments reveals that endowments are performing enviably — with returns of near 12% in 2013.

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Why Do App Developers Still Live with Their Moms?

Harvard Business Review

Their product, a program designed to combat procrastination, quickly became the best-selling productivity app on iTunes. Yet like most apps, WhatsApp is hardly unique as a product: Line, Kik Messenger, Viber, WeChat, and others do much the same thing. This is not uncommon. Unfortunately, the odds there are only slightly better.

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Three Ways to Say No to a Reference Request

Harvard Business Review

Christopher, a seasoned real estate executive, left his job in early 2013 to move to a competitor’s firm. The best references come from people who know you, your character, and your work product extremely well. I’d encourage you to reach out to someone who knows your work style/product/ethic better.

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How Microsoft Used an Office Move to Boost Collaboration

Harvard Business Review

What type of office design is best for productivity and engagement? Beginning in the Spring of 2016, our workplace analytics group worked with commercial real estate company CBRE to calculate the cost savings associated with relocating a 1,200-person Microsoft engineering organization from five buildings into four other buildings.