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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

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I will always remember fondly my coffee meeting 5 years ago with my friend Sam Rosen in New York City shortly after Hurricane Sandy. Sam began drawing out plans for a new way to provide storage after he had horrific experiences with traditional storage after the storm. were more distributed.

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

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The New York Times, January 2001. A similar disappointment has plagued many mysterious campaigns of decades past (like those billowing sheets that teased new cars—a bold choice given 1990s designs). Not every secret is a ticking-clock campaign. Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.” Image source ).

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

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The New York Times, January 2001. A similar disappointment has plagued many mysterious campaigns of decades past (like those billowing sheets that teased new cars—a bold choice given 1990s designs). Not every secret is a ticking-clock campaign. Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.” Image source ).

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Strategic Fitness: Elevate Your Acumen, Allocation and Action

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Rich Horwath is founder and CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute He is the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eight books on strategic thinking, including his most recent work, STRATEGIC: The Skill to Set Direction, Create Advantage, and Achieve Executive Excellence. [01:52] My guest today is Rich Howarth.

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10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups

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The corollary is that it is very hard to recover from a crappy marketing campaign that over-hyped. I haven’t heard them pounding their chest and running big marketing campaigns. So we’ve launched some campaigns to be sure we’re picking up these crowds with different messages. You have tons of differentiation.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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I think that mindset is useful to remind entrepreneurs that it is a shared journey and capital (whether active or passive) is a part of your success and your ability to access it when you need to and for the amounts you need is a very critical differentiator between successful companies and unsuccessful one. how to evolve our management team.

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The Branding Evolution: When To Invest In Developing Your Brand And When To Tackle A Rebrand

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Or you describe your company differently in every campaign. You are not sufficiently differentiated from your competition. This would indicate it’s a good time to revisit your brand messaging and ensure your unique selling proposition is clearly differentiated from other options on the market. Your brand lacks consistency.

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