Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

Rajamannar involved finance early. To spearhead analytic efforts, he assigned a finance person – who was already embedded in marketing – to create an ROI evaluation framework and integrated her deeper into the marketing function. As an ingredient brand, Intel often struggled to link marketing to P&L impact. Inside Intel.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

This we believed to be particularly true in terms of the sorts of brands that we were going to be offering. Both Katie and I had, and still have, a great love for travel, and in our travels we had developed an appreciation of the brands of both established and emerging designers from around the world.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Travel arrangements. If you don’t keep an eye on your finances, then you could be making an expensive mistake. It can also be handy to have a contact for any questions you may have about the business finances, based on your circumstances. Build processes and systems to ensure that the outsourcer can support you well.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Misguided CRM practitioners focus on selling more product while true customer centrists who display a bias toward CEM focus on closing the gap between a company’s brand promise and the delivered customer experience. I'm traveling this week, but will follow-up with you next week to arrange the Skype call. Thanks Scott.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 15, 2010

My other option is to use the small lightweight laptop I use for travel. I can then choose the correct word from a list of possible word options, but I have to hope it’s on the list. Otherwise, I have to revert to Ctrl V. But because it’s for convenience, it’s really not ideal for lengthy projects, marathon typing, and other assignments.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

I left my son’s graduation in Florida on Sunday evening headed for Dallas and then traveling on to San Antonio. Moreover, it is those leaders who receive the negative press, those leaders who just can’t seem to get the job done that universally seem to be void in some or all of the aforementioned traits.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

Human beings are unconsciously driven to support the individuals that remind us of ourselves- those we can identify with -those who are traveling on a journey we feel we have taken- a journey we understand. Advocacy is what makes the “world go round&# so to speak as we observe how individuals rise through their careers.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

Years ago my husband and I were fortunate enough to travel to China with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hahn who was being permitted to bring his Buddhist teachings to the people in Beijing and various outer monasteries. Interesting thought; I know when I take a cup of tea in my hands the first sip makes me feel calm and surprisingly content.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 26, 2011

For most of my prior career, I was a woman who: was happily married, may never have children, would earn a six figure income, was a loyal employee, was an over achiever, traveled to exotic places, would live in my dream home, and wanted to be involved in the highly charged corporate world forever!

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 7, 2019

New businesses face several challenges, from financial difficulties to issues affecting brand reputation. Brand reputation. Brand reputation plays a vital role in the growth and success of any business. Brand reputation plays a vital role in the growth and success of any business.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

You need to be able to move flexibly with your audience and growing customer base to introduce them to your brand but on their terms, rather than how you think it should be. For small to medium-sized operators, in particular, financial margins can be tight and unforgiving. Be Flexible With Flexibility.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

I would love to travel, but I will never have that kind of money.” “The What are the Best Ways to Create, Manage, and Build a Brand? “Money never comes easily to me.” “I I never have enough.” “I I don’t deserve to have money.” People will think I’m greedy if I have money.” Money comes to others, but not to me.” “I Now say these words.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Lotta, who’d joined Ervaring from Marriott two years before, was the first to admit that her new company, with 12 brands operating 5,000 hotels, mainly in Europe, needed help. hotel brands — and was looking for more. We have created a third way between your brand sites and the OTAs.” I want to stop that.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Do it five times (it gets your blood circulating) When you’re standing in your closet looking for your clothes for the day, slide your left arm down your side, then your right…repeat five times on each side If you can, jump in the shower before you do ANYTHING else in the morning, even before coffee.

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Chris Brady

MARCH 3, 2010

Then I switched brands and bought the new Kawasaki KX 125 that everyone was raving about. The hype was not hype at all; switching brands proved to be the single best racing decision I ever made and immediately I was competitive at the state level with a durable, high-performing bike.  I have owned a Mercedes Benz ever since.

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Chris Brady

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

After all, he had his own S10 pickup truck and a brand new wind surfer. The program was attractive to a kid like me without any finances because it offered a co-op experience in which every other twelve weeks were spent in the workplace somewhere out in actual industry. So I made a ten minute visit there with my father.

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Chris Brady

DECEMBER 13, 2010

It didn't matter that we were surrounded by a hundred busy travelers eagerly making their way around us in the world's busiest airport, this was one of those moments you just don't miss. Now, we'll get to look at things through her brand new baby sister's eyes, too. I was travelling the other day with my 16 yr.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

By defining the positioning and purpose so well that it is a news story, you have done much of the most important branding, pitching, and promotional thinking early in the strategy. Metaphors from nature, sports, and travel are very useful to generate repurposed solutions. Ideas come from everywhere! Try new approaches.

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Chris Brady

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

My friends, riding brand new '87 Kawasaki's, had just done it and now it was my turn. It has my elephant moving. Posted by: Lisa Steward | November 08, 2010 at 11:52 AM This is so true! I remember trying my first "BIG" jump on a '72 Honda 250.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Now, at barter exchanges across the world, professionals from doctors to electricians are trading their services for goods, services or "trade credits" which can then be used to pay for business expenses whether printing, advertising or travel. Honda , Kia and Subaru have bartered cars for media trade credits. Look around your organization.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Qantas Airways landed in the headlines for a tone-deaf Twitter contest that asked people to tweet their dreams for luxury air travel, including the hashtag #qantasluxury. You use Facebook to project your desired brand, Twitter to target your desired customers, LinkedIn to target your next recruitment campaign. And Qantas makes three.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Corporate tweeters need to know that they aren’t just promoting a brand or solving a problem: they are performing for an audience, supporting customers throughout their journey, and even, subtly, selling. Social media isn’t merely a place for people to chat with each other and for brands to talk at their customers.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Big financial services companies are challenged when it comes to connecting with younger consumers, particularly about personal finance. The company offered financial literacy classes, with topics such as “How to Buy a Home,” and integrated them with classes on travel and wine. MassMutual Walks the Talk by Talking.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2011

They are more than happy to sell you alternate brand of shoes that match your suit, or suggest a premium appliance from another manufacturer, once you have selected the lowest cost refrigerator. For example, if you're selling a travel magazine, you could add a free travel video when someone buys a subscription.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

When she travelled around the country, she took a small entourage of five cars. But the women she met in the villages asked her why only five cars when the men before her travelled with twenty-five. Voice coaches, image consultants, public speaking instructors and branding experts have filled the growing demand for these services.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

Plan for a realistic amount of sales and interest so you can conservatively manage your finances. The model is also different because we tell the traveler the name of the hotel, but not the actual rate until they book, while other models offer the rate but not the hotel name. Are you counting on advertising to bring in customers?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2013

That's the rallying cry I've heard from widely read female bloggers over age 49, who are frustrated that a well-established cadre of younger women with young children — known as "mommybloggers" — garner extensive promotional contracts with major brand advertisers, while Boomer-aged women online are often ignored.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

The CMO has historically focused on driving growth and brand engagement; the CRO has typically focused on safeguarding the bottom line and minimizing unwanted exposure. The ability to offer financing gave the technology vendor a point of differentiation that helped it beat its revenue projection for the year.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

One customer might try on shirts without having to travel to the store. To help that along, explain how the application solves the consumer’s problems and naturally extends the brand’s connection to the consumer. But investment in the sector is hot, with AR and VR startups raising $658 million in equity financing last year.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2016

Airbnb is an example of a win-win quality improvement: landlords realize more cash flow from their assets, and customers gain both better choice and lower costs in their travel lodging options. Implications for entrepreneurs: Align with city leaders on services that are important to knowledge workers, and help build the cities’ brand.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

Similarly, Biocon doesn't suffer from a "not-invented-here" mindset: it gladly sources inventions from partner labs like the Cuba-based CMI and uses its transformation skills to manufacture and market them in India and abroad as its own branded solutions. Many Indian companies we interact with confuse invention and innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

This is a break from the traditional paths of finance, sales, and operations to the top spot. At Airbnb, CMO Jonathan Mildenhall is driving the company’s evolution to an end-to-end travel brand by reinventing “ experiential marketing.” Over: CMOs take over new responsibilities.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

This is the latest step in the company''s journey to dramatically reduce the cost of space travel, and follows the first private resupply of the International Space Station with the launch of their Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft last fall. Musk quickly zeroed in on the one area ripe for innovation: cost reduction. SpaceX has learned.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

"So you don't think helping you write the business plan, bringing Uncle Charlie on board, finding the perfect sustainable distillery, fixing the formula, and coming up with our entire branding and marketing strategy is worth 45%?". "I You were brilliant to structure your financing the way you did. I don't know what it's worth.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

MBA finance majors learn early that trying to anticipate equity and commodity markets with such data is like trying to drive a car while only looking in the rear view mirror. In hockey if you know generally where the puck will be heading and how fast it will travel you're well on your way to victory through tactics. So what do you do?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

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. This taught us that as an unfamiliar brand with a fixed retail shop, it’s really hard to acquire customers, especially if people have to go out of their way to find you.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

If you are someone who wants to travel the world, gain diverse perspectives, experience global practices, witness your industry from the understanding of outsider perspectives, etc. Global Experience For many of us, the value of experience outweighs anything that money and success can provide.

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