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Leading Edge or Bleeding Edge: The Make or Break Difference

Up and Running

If you find yourself in the situation where the technology vital to creating differentiation becomes an illusion, there are better alternatives than attempting to “gut it out” with a direct attack on the target market. The new bed divisional leadership became convinced that just delivering a “better” bed (than Hill-Rom) could carry the day.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Four decades later, and thanks to sound financial decisions and clear leadership, Disney is one of the most successful brands and companies in the world. From then on, every harvest he’d pack into the bike and trek over 40 miles away to Melbourne to sell. Thanks to Rob Greene, Price of Meat. #13- 13- My grandfather.

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

Up and Running

What taglines are you using to differentiate yourself from other people, other businesses that might be similar. All of this is plan versus actual management, and that’s where we harvest the effort of lean business planning. Identity is who you are as a business, what you do best, what is your core competent.

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Out of the Crisis #10: HelixNano founder Hannu Rajaniemi on vaccines, suspending disbelief, and the power of stories

Startup Lessons Learned

They also wrote and published a proposal for a Vaccine Manhattan Project that calls on leaders to do more than just the status quo, reminding us all that "History teaches us that combining money with determined leadership can have an extraordinary effect on scientific and human progress. How do we differentiate self from non-self?

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

After managing a distribution center where I sold vinyl to record stores (my first client was Asheville’s own Harvest Records), renting the farmhouse was about becoming self-sufficient. Thanks to Mary Lynn Schroeder, In Blue Handmade ! #23) 23) 3 Reasons. There were three main reasons I started my business LoveQuest Marketing.

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15 Entrepreneurs Share What Makes Their Business Unique

Hearpreneur

Working at a mighty mid-sized agency provides employees the unique opportunity to grow within their positions and assume leadership roles. We create a culture of leadership through our comfortable environment where everyone from a new intern to the CMO can share ideas and brainstorm with the executive team. 13 – Take Our Time.