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9 Steps To Success with Your Home Business

Women on Business

She is the founder of the Love You Revolution , an empowering apparel line, writes guests articles for YourTango.com & is the style & travel expert for KSRO’s Travel Talk radio. Find Bubola & follow the Love You Revolution on Facebook , Twitter & YouTube.

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The Alchemy of Culture: 4 Key Ingredients from the Founder of Qor

Steve Farber

And we know his latest venture, men’s sports apparel startup, Qor (pronounced “core”), is already achieving over 30% yearly growth in part because it’s replicating the Athleta culture of caring. Teno is hesitant to tell others what they “should” or “should not” do. He listened more.

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Marketing’s Mission: Make it Meaningfully Different

Harvard Business Review

Founded in 1998, Lululemon produces sports apparel for women that is fashionable, environmentally friendly, and as technically advanced as sports apparel for men. Research by Millward Brown finds that brands with a meaningful difference command a price premium 13 percent higher than weaker category alternatives.

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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business Review

To address the knowledge gaps and get up to speed on new initiatives within the firm, directors suggest organizing site visits and tours, participating in innovation sessions and workshops within the firm, and “doing their homework” on industry trends. banking & financial services, insurance, real estate); Healthcare (e.g.,

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What Big Companies Get Wrong About Innovation Metrics

Harvard Business Review

It can be easy to count the number of innovation workshops held at company outposts around the world, or tally revenues from add-on services developed by an innovation group and then handed over to the sales force. The vision thing. “Is there good revenue potential for what you’re working on, will it affect the business?

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The Benefits of Unplugging as a Team

Harvard Business Review

I have seen this truth revealed again and again in my five years as senior managing director at the Drucker Institute, where I lead the Un/Workshops consulting practice. The workshop did not include a single PowerPoint slide or digital simulation. I’m convinced the usual PowerPoint parade would not have paused to expose that gap.

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