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8 Ways to Unleash A Team’s Maximum Productive Power

Startup Professionals Musings

Most business leaders today realize that smart management of scarce resources is the key to competitive success. Leaders who are able to optimize these find multipliers of 20 percent up to nine times the average productivity. That’s why they manage money so carefully. Reduce organizational drag on every team member.

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Members Hire Associations, Members Fire Associations

socalTECH

At year end 2017, Association Executives would find it useful to see the world as their members do and understand what help they need to make progress in their Industry or Profession. Cyber & nuclear threats, disruptive innovation, and increasing competition for market share will continue to reshape how members view their memberships.

Research 140
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Timing and why we’re all VCs

TechCrunch LA

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. Anyone who has worked in a large company further knows that timing a product launch or a new marketing strategy has more to do with internal politics than reading market forces. When should you start a company?

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10 Great Ways To Crush Creativity In Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Success in any business these days requires a constant flow of new and innovative solutions, to keep up with changes in the market, competition, and to attract new customers. Business plans should be loose frameworks to be used as guidelines rather than detailed route maps. Assign innovation projects to production organizations.

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10 Top Attributes Elevate Design Thinking Leaders

Startup Professionals Musings

“Design thinking” is a methodology used to solve complex challenges, such as the ones faced by every business in today’s rapidly changing and highly competitive environment. A design mindset is not product-focused - it’s solution focused and action oriented towards creating better customer experiences and value.

Design 62
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The Case For & Against Cryptocurrencies (for those tired of all the noise)

Both Sides of the Table

My goal is to lay out a basic framework for anybody unsure whom to listen to as a way of helping you think about a way to orient your own views. I believe this use of cryptocurrency will develop and flourish long after the dust settles from the hype and crash of cryptocurrencies that we’re experiencing in 2017. Enter blockchain.

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