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7 Keys To Building And Keeping A Business Innovative

Startup Professionals Musings

The most competitive startups do both, all the time and every time. In today’s competitive world, with its accelerating rate of change, no competitive advantage lasts long. The only sustainable competitive advantage is creativity. Creativity is the ultimate competitive advantage. Encourage courage.

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6 Strategies To Anticipate And Survive New Entrants

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, we all remember when Blockbuster realized too late that Netflix was stealing customers by offering videos online rather than via DVDs, but even then they were unable to adapt their processes and their thinking. I see this happening in smaller ways often, where there is minimal focus on competition.

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7 Strategies To Accelerate Creativity In Your Company

Startup Professionals Musings

The most competitive startups do both, all the time and every time. In today’s competitive world, with its accelerating rate of change, no competitive advantage lasts long. The only sustainable competitive advantage is creativity. Creativity is the ultimate competitive advantage. Encourage courage.

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8 Startup Lessons From “The Founder” Movie

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Even when it was published on Netflix, I had no desire to see The Founder movie, as it was clear from the film’s preview that it was yet another, “businessperson gone bad” film. Measure What Matters – The McDonald brothers were dogmatic about tracking metrics. The Founder won’t be available on Netflix forever.

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7 Rules For Maintaining A Creative Business Culture

Startup Professionals Musings

The most competitive startups do both, all the time and every time. In today’s competitive world, with its accelerating rate of change, no competitive advantage lasts long. The only sustainable competitive advantage is creativity. Creativity is the ultimate competitive advantage. Encourage courage.

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7 Keys To Making People First And Winning In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

In top current companies, such as Google, Apple, and Netflix, cultural strategies that include greater employee freedom and fostering creativity are the norm. Establish metrics on the culture, as well as the product. These metrics need the same top management attention as customer retention and sales metrics. Start today.

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Combine Creative Products with a New Business Model

Startup Professionals Musings

The most competitive startups do both, all the time and every time. In today’s competitive world, with its accelerating rate of change, no competitive advantage lasts long. The only sustainable competitive advantage is creativity. Creativity is the ultimate competitive advantage. Encourage courage.

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