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Brilliant Boutique: 10 Keys To Lasting Small Business Success

Terry Starbucker

And that’s turned out to be absolutely true, because the SaySay Boutique is a shining example of the kind of long-term small business success that happens not by the power of the product, but by the humanity, passion, faith and savvy of the person who owns and guides it. You can do it without outside financing.

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How to Innovate When You're Not the Big Boss

Harvard Business Review

Fortunately, demonstrating your skills in this area doesn't demand that you singlehandedly develop a new breakthrough product or revise the company's overall business model. Senior-level decision makers aren't looking for someone at your level to make "roll the dice" bets that can have a significant negative impact on company performance.

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Surefire Predictions and Why Doomsayers are Wrong

Harvard Business Review

Democracy will disappear as power shifts to developing countries with authoritarian regimes where no one cares about voice and participation. They assume that people are helpless victims of powerful forces beyond their control. They assume that there are no counter-trends or embryonic developments.

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Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other

Harvard Business Review

Barker had licensing deals with sports leagues to make merchandise with their logos and partnered with large brands to produce it for retail markets, and when Lance took the company over, its revenues were about £100 million. Ahmed accused Damon of throwing up roadblocks and using his power to undermine the sales department.

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Surefire Predictions and Why Doomsayers are Wrong

Harvard Business Review

Democracy will disappear as power shifts to developing countries with authoritarian regimes where no one cares about voice and participation. They assume that people are helpless victims of powerful forces beyond their control. They assume that there are no counter-trends or embryonic developments.

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Many CEOs Aren’t Breakthrough Innovators (and That’s OK)

Harvard Business Review

However, CEOs often don’t have the career background and education that would equip them to personally lead the process of new product development. This would mean, for example, working in R&D to lead pharma innovation, new product development for high tech, and product design or merchandising for fashion retail.

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