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Conforming To Your Customers’ Realities: Your Stakeholders’ Perceptions Are Your Reality

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If this gentleman was such a pivotal player in the early days of the PC revolution, why is he essentially unknown to most entrepreneurs under forty years old? The short answer is that he failed to conform to his Stakeholders’ realities. Reality Conformance. In this way, we conformed to our guests’ version of reality.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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And I’ve always remembered a quote from high school, “Non Conformity is the Highest Form of Social Attainment.” The birthplace of sponsored search (Overture), semantic search (Applied Semantics which became Google AdSense), comparison shopping (ShopZilla, PriceGrabber) and many others. That seems very Brad to me.

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How Future-Proof is Your Company (and Your Career)?

Startup Professionals Musings

Business culture now means much more than uniformity and conformity. Google was one of the first to learn that good relationships created high-performing teams. Check your leadership style today, and expedite the transition to one of engagement, collaboration, and adaptability. Company culture drives decision making and process.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

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Argument two says, “big companies can’t innovate anymore so Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc. Remember it was only 2008 where Microsoft and even Google were laying off employees. Yet nearly any entrepreneur who has an idea that other people aren’t doing will tell you that it’s hard to get investors excited.

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ConTraps Part IV – Avoid Exclusion From Future Revenue Opportunities

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As noted in Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid , exclusivity can kill a small company. Being the first partner may also allow the BDC to influence your technological development and conform it more closely matches its technology roadmap. Limited Scope – Conscribe the exclusions as narrowly as possible.