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What Stan Lee Knew About Managing Creative People

Harvard Business Review

The way Jon Stewart’s Daily Show launched the careers new comedians, or Alice Waters launched the careers of new chefs. ” Lee put his words into action years later when the Hulk, a Marvel franchise, became the subject of a popular primetime television show. And lettered with a Scratchy Pen by Artie Simek.”

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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to a Great Mentor. Remembering Cactus Pryor.

Strategy Driven

That was a cue for the studio DJ to play a commercial for the Career Shop, a clothing retailer. One remote on which I joined Cactus was for the fourth KFC franchise in the United States. As an integrated process of life skills, career has its place. We got to interview Colonel Harlan Sanders on his new business venture.

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It Never Ends. Even More Leadership Lessons from the Washington.

Next Level Blog

  And, oh by the way, McNabb has run more than a few game-on-the-line two minute drills in his long NFL career.  I'm not a hockey fan, but his was a textbook case of rebuilding a business, brand and franchise.   He leads the team to some close victories and keeps you close in some losses. 

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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

Strategy Driven

The second was at what was the fourth KFC franchise to open in the United States. There became too many competitors, too much franchising, too much hype and just as many who exited the industry as quickly as they entered it. ” KFC was a watershed in my career (at that point 21 years long). Fast forward 20 years to 1979.