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Ecommerce: How to Survive its Troughs

ReadWriteStart

The rise of ecommerce started in 2001 – during the growth of the commercial availability of the internet in households. This new shift impacted as much as a 4% improvement in total sales of brands that had made the shift. It also provides pre-configured analytics. The Rise of Ecommerce. million annual customers.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

GE made a $4 billion bet on connecting industrial equipment via the Internet of Things (IoT) and analytical software with a suite of products called the “ Predix Cloud ”. So is John Rice, the head of Global Operations along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. Or they may even put the entire company up for sale. Beth Comstock is out.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

“Rare is the business that has a formal disaster plan, let alone one that covers a global Black Swan event.” Although the company created an incentive plan to boost sales, its sales growth fell from 19% before the recession to 8% after—five percentage points below Staples’ postrecession sales growth rate.

Marketing 121
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How To Build A Business That Builds Leaders

Duct Tape Marketing

Robert is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency, and the recipient of numerous industry and company culture awards, including Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Awards two years in a row. The there there's not a manager of Google Analytics. Marketing Podcast with Robert Glazer.

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Build The Five Pillars Of “The Soft Edge” For A Powerful Competitive Advantage

YoungUpstarts

Superior number-crunching and analytics. It’s their comfort zone: numbers, metrics, analytics, logistics, strategies, and a well-defined and easy-to-see ROI. Since collaboration and innovation are a must in the global economy, effective teamwork is vital. Boosting speed. Effectively managing the supply chain. PILLAR 4: Taste.

Analytics 160
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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

It could be studying entrepreneurship in school or it could have been working with a government contractor or maybe someone had a sales job. 1 – Medical Device Sales. As a sales representative I noticed that the promotional efforts for Plastic Surgeons were held by a few large firms that overcharged.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

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EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. The Global Small Business Blog. The best start-up I ever invested in went bankrupt in 2001. Data & Analytics. Globalization. Follow us on Twitter. Emergent Research. Selling to Small Businesses. Smart Mobs.

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