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Understanding The Three Factors of Franchise Success: Circumstances, Operations, And Humanity

YoungUpstarts

I realized I could separate all important factors into three different categories: Circumstances, Operations and Humanity. They’re the landscape where we operate. Operations are the systems, policies and procedures for running a business. Operations are all the things that keep you busy. Stick to the System.

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The Role Operations Plays In Marketing

Duct Tape Marketing

The Role Operations Plays In Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Key Takeaway: Marketing systems and operations systems are two halves to a whole company – bringing the two together can give you the full picture and ultimately, effective control over your organization. Marketing Podcast with Sara Nay.

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8 Perspectives On Innovation That You Should Discount

Startup Professionals Musings

I also enjoyed the classic book, “ 63 Innovation Nuggets for Aspiring Innovators ,” by George E. Some innovations are clearly implementations of visionary ideas, but anyone at the operational level can think outside the box, individually or as a team, to suggest and implement innovations.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks?

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 5 – Chris Brose

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. The required reading for this class was Chris Brose’s book The Kill Chain. War Made New.

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Don’t Allow These Debunked Myths To Kill Your Dream

Startup Professionals Musings

I also enjoyed the classic book, “ 63 Innovation Nuggets for Aspiring Innovators ,” by George E. Some innovations are clearly implementations of visionary ideas, but anyone at the operational level can think outside the box, individually or as a team, to suggest and implement innovations.

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Social Trends Podcast: A Vision For A Business Operating System

Brandanew

She recently shared Zoho’s vision for a business operating system, no less. Listen to to the show here: Social Trends Podcast : A Vision For a Business Operation System. Meera love comics, travel, art, food, books, conversations and the internet. We spoke to a cartoonist and all round creative, Meera Sapra.