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World Cup Predictions Contest

Chris Brady

Then watching another thirty two countries compete in 2014-Brazil for the final. Then you, Mr Brady, might feel better bestowing that great tool on a worthy recipient. I enjoyed the tournament, and now looking forward to qualification starting in two years. Dreaming Big again. Clink - Clink*. My Two Cents.

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The Right Way to Prepare Your Budget

Harvard Business Review

This advice, adapted from the book Finance Basics , will help you better understand how to create a useful budget. But you should include detailed estimates for travel costs, telephones and utilities, and office supplies. As the table shows, the Standard Upright and the Moose Antler Standard exceeded sales expectations in 2014.

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Is This the Hospital That Will Finally Push the Expensive U.S. Health Care System to Innovate?

Harvard Business Review

That’s what Narayana Health (NH) did in 2014 by opening a hospital in the Cayman Islands — Health City Cayman Islands (HCCI) — which was close to America but outside its regulatory ambit. Even with zero copays and deductibles and free travel for the patient and a chaperone for 1-2 weeks, insurers would save a lot of money.

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Tackling Big Global Challenges with Low-Cost Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Airbnb lets spare room owners make money out of their idle asset and makes the asset easily accessible for more travelers. The idea of offering your spare room on the web is not new, but with Airbnb you don’t have to create your own website and hope that Google-searching travelers find you.

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More Universities Need to Teach Sales

Harvard Business Review

Compared to professions like engineering or business disciplines like Finance or Operations, the concept of a dedicated salesperson is relatively recent. Now, however, students’ college and pre-MBA experience is more likely to be in a finance area or perhaps in coding. million workers in sales occupations in the U.S.

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How One Startup Developed a Sales Model That Works in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

Many of our target wood-burning customers lived on the outskirts of town and had no reason to travel to the central market, where our store was located. In 2014 we partnered with Greenlight Planet to take a spin at door-to-door stove selling. Customers show up regularly to take out loans, arrange payments, and track their finances.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

The list includes a health care company that was once near bankruptcy (DaVita), a software firm whose stock price stagnated for a decade (Microsoft), a travel website that faced overwhelming competition (Priceline), a food giant that seemed to lose its focus (Danone), and a steel company that faced new pressure from lower-cost rivals (ThyssenKrupp).