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Wanna Get Kraft(y)? Baffle Them With Bulls**t

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10 August, 2011

Wanna Get Kraft(y)? Baffle Them With Bulls**t

Just 18 months ago, Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld was working very hard to convince investors that she needed to ......

Grow Like Amazon To Succeed; Invest Outside Your 'Core'

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09 August, 2011

Grow Like Amazon To Succeed; Invest Outside Your 'Core'

“It's easier to succeed in the Amazon than on the polar tundra,” Bruce Henderson, famed founder of The Boston Consulting ......

Are You More Like Rupert Murdoch Than You Think?

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02 August, 2011

Are You More Like Rupert Murdoch Than You Think?

Bernie Ebbers (of WorldCom) and Jeff Skilling (of Enron) went to prison. Less well-known is Conrad Black the ......

Invest In Trends For Sustained Growth

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22 July, 2011

Invest In Trends For Sustained Growth

"Buy Low, Sell High" was an industrial era investor expression. Before we shifted into an information economy, investors were admonished ......

Forget The Biz Battleground; Innovate And Create Your Niche

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15 July, 2011

Forget The Biz Battleground; Innovate And Create Your Niche

When you go after competitors, does it more resemble a gladiator war, or a David-versus-Goliath battle? The answer will ......

How Harry Potter Predicts Success For AOL

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04 July, 2011

How Harry Potter Predicts Success For AOL

Evolution doesn't happen like we think. It's not slow and gradual (like line A, below). Things don't go from......

Is Google Plus A Big Minus For Investors?

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01 July, 2011

Is Google Plus A Big Minus For Investors?

Internet usage is changing. Dramatically. Once the Web was the world's largest library and simultaneously, the world's biggest shopping mall. ......

Cisco Must Learn To Deal With Market Shifts

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24 June, 2011

Cisco Must Learn To Deal With Market Shifts

. They cite a huge cash hoard (some 25 per cent of market cap) and Cisco's dominance in its historical ......

Ailing Biz: Will Dell Be Back On Success Track?

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17 June, 2011

Ailing Biz: Will Dell Be Back On Success Track?

Dell is a dog. From $25/share a decade ago, the company rose to around $40/share around 2005, only to collapse. ......

Status Quo Police - Innovation Killers

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27 May, 2011

Status Quo Police - Innovation Killers

Nobody admits to being the innovation killer in a company. But we know they exist. Some these ......