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Intersections
We were in New York city this week…driving there is always an adventure! Made us think a bit about intersections as we saw car after car stopped in the middle of a busy set of cross-streets — half...
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Focused Vision
There’s a fine balance between focus and broad vision. We’ve been learning and seeing this first hand as we’ve connected with business owners, leaders and entrepreneurs — both those with experience...
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Common Goal or Common Enemy?
True story. We were working recently at a local Starbucks when a customer came in with a very detailed order. She was, honestly, a bit persnickety about what she wanted. One inch of foam. One cup...
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Double Vision
So much has been written on vision. We don’t proclaim to be experts on the topic, but wanted to share a simple concept that we think is critical for intrapreneurs (entrepreneurs working to drive...
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Start with Clarity
Whether setting out to improve part of an existing business or launching a new business within a company, starting with a strong level of clarity of where we’re aiming is important in setting...
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The Vicious Cycle
In any professional service firm, the vicious cycle is all too familiar. We strive to win a new client, then we work to build our business with that client to optimize the value of that relationship....
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Something Is Missing
According to some studies, well over half of all organizations take the time to create a growth or innovation strategy — a document that captures the choices they are making around what types of...
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Guiding Your Experiments to Successful Innovation Results
Eric Reis, author of the Lean Startup has taught us that failure is a prerequisite to learning. Common sense in most entrepreneurial circles, right? For most of us, failure occurs in the context of...
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Looking 10 Years Out, What Is Your Franchise Idea?
ESPN recently asked a group of baseball experts, “If you were starting a baseball franchise today and you could pick any player in professional baseball to carry the team for the first 10 years, who...
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The Right Direction
There’s something painful that comes from spinning your wheels on ideas that in the end really don’t matter. Making progress in the wrong direction kills momentum, stifles creativity, harms morale and...
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6 Innovation Tips from The Google Ventures Team
When we heard that Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz (the guys from Google Ventures) wrote a book on innovation, we knew we had to get our hands on it immediately. And, it didn’t disappoint....
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