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How “False Expertise” Can Damage Your Business—and How to Protect It

ConversionXL

The result of these vulnerabilities is that we hire the wrong candidates, listen to the wrong people, and fail to differentiate our businesses. How false expertise leads us to hire the wrong people. In short, we seek to validate our own characteristics: Hiring someone who’s like us reinforces our own value. Reduce the noise.

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The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community

Steve Blank

Our defense department and intelligence community owned proprietary advanced tools and technology. We and our contractors had the best technology domain experts. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. Newell ran the U.S.

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Unlocking Your Unfair Advantage: How Your Unique Story Powers Your Entrepreneurial Success

Duct Tape Marketing

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! And despite not going to University, Ash became a serial tech founder and the first marketing director of the Unicorn Startup Just Eat. That was luck to spot that technology. 13:24): And the tech industry was booming in London. We're going to have two guests today.

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Uncovering The Hidden Power Of Your Unfair Advantage

Duct Tape Marketing

Despite not going to university, Ash became a serial tech founder and the first marketing director of a unicorn startup – Just Eat). Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! That was luck to spot that technology. 15:41): And the tech industry was booming in London. Like this show? 10:56): Right?

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Why It’s OK to Show Your Anger

Both Sides of the Table

But if more of us in the tech sector speak up and in unison and constantly for the next 50 days it can change minds, encourage others and hopefully get amplified by the press to reach others. Can you accept a person for president that you simply would never hire at your company for being such an obvious liar?