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Innovation In Business: How Critical is it?

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Tweet Innovation is essential in Business. How essential? Let’s start with a quote from Bill Gates: “Capitalism has worked . . . (but) it has shortfalls. It doesn’t necessarily take care of the poor, and it underfunds innovation.” Now let’s … Continue reading →

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Innovation in Business in Alaska Part II

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Tweet The best way to see (at least the southeast portion of) Alaska is by boat. Why? Well many of the port cities (including Juneau and Ketchikan) are only accessible by sea or by air. You simply cannot drive to … Continue reading →

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What is your Perceived Value?

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Tweet I received so many comments on my post regarding what to charge that I decided to write a follow-up. The gist behind that post was that you will move forward in your business faster if you charge more for … Continue reading →

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Have You Thought About Your Rates Lately? Are You Charging Too Little For What You Do?

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Tweet Recently I was on a tele-seminar with one of the “gurus” (I won’t say which one), who said something interesting. He was talking about coaching and he said that you will move forward faster if you charge a lot … Continue reading →

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How Businesses (and Countries) Fail

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Tweet The last post I wrote “It’s the End of the World as We Know It” received some good feedback and comments from readers. While it was not intended to be a “doom and gloom” report, it did lead me … Continue reading →

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It’s the end of the world as we know it . . . and I feel fine.

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Tweet Did you think the end of the world was coming? So May 21, 2011 – came and went, and the world didn’t end. That was the “doomsday” date predicted by some in which the Biblical rapture would happen. However, … Continue reading →

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M-O-N-E-Y Money!

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Tweet How do you feel about money? Is money “good” or is it “bad”? Money itself is inherently neutral. As Counselor Deanna Troi famously says to Data in Star Trek TNG:  “Feelings aren’t positive or negative. They simply exist. It’s … Continue reading →

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