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21 Home-Based Business Ideas & Tips for Starting a Business from Home

Miles Anthony Smith

Develop your Expertise Daily ​ Becoming a true expert in any field doesn’t come overnight, it takes months and sometimes even years of consistent study and practice. Gaining the right knowledge is key to developing expertise so be discerning about who and where you get your information from. That's okay!

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Microsoft's Kinect and the Invisible Handshake

Harvard Business Review

Once wholly in the hands of managers (the "visible hands" chronicled by industrial age historian Alfred Chandler), technology innovation used to begin with a company's commitment of resources to R&D and patent protection. iRobot made this easy — it offers a Create kit for the Roomba.

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Why Big Bird Remains Powerfully — and Globally — Significant

Harvard Business Review

In the 1980s, I was part of the team that sold Sesame Street around the world — either licensed and broadcast in English or in locally adapted indigenous-language co-productions. And while school enrollment is at an all-time high, UNICEF has reported that the educational system is "inadequately developed." "The

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Putting Customers at the Heart of Your Brand to Create Passionate Fans: What Microsoft Learned About Customer Engagement in the Sports Industry - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM Microsoft

Harvard Business Review

Real Madrid is one of the most recognized soccer franchises in the world. With over 500 million dedicated fans, it also happens to be one of the most innovative franchises when it comes to fan engagement. “FOX Sports has always been about fans first,” says Tom Zentmeyer, Vice President, Technology and Games at FOX Sports.

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Should Your Business Be Nonprofit or For-Profit?

Harvard Business Review

It would license the technology by paying a royalty for every product sold. Furthermore, this allows the for-profit entity to develop and focus its competencies to sell and distribute products, as well as to conduct research and development. The Social Franchise Model Works in Times of Uncertainty.

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How to Understand the EU-U.S. Digital Divide

Harvard Business Review

But that policy came at the cost of badly degraded incentives for providers to invest in new technologies, leaving the EU with minimal cable Internet, fiber-optic networks, or high-speed mobile broadband. Regardless of speed or technology, broadband availability in Europe is far behind. At least for voice services, the U.S.

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The U.S. Media’s Problems Are Much Bigger than Fake News and Filter Bubbles

Harvard Business Review

Two developments bear noting. Media companies are experiencing an extreme form of competition that comes with digital technologies: Everyone is a media company today. But they granted licenses, and Netflix soon became the giant they hadn’t wanted to see arise. The second is through name recognition.

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