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LeaderSpeak – Badass or Just Bad?

Oh those powerful, commanding leaders. You know the type: Baritone-voiced, stone-faced scowling – often Don Draper look-a-likes who just strolled in from Central Casting. Good looks, good hair and height. They have an aloof, authoritative and self assured demeanor giving off the illusion that they possess some innate power and

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Bad News for Arizona Entrepreneurs?

    Ordinarily it takes an act of God to make me spill a drop of my morning coffee, but reading the news this morning nearly caused a grand-mal seizure: “Jilted Kickstarter Backer Neil Singh Is Now An Assistant Attorney General Of Arizona”   My first, second and third reaction

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Models: Revenue, Business, Monetization. What’s the difference?

Someone posted a question on Quora the other day – and the question itself was insightful:  What is the difference between a revenue model and a monetization model? I’m a bit of a stickler for consistent definitions of terms in business (particularly entrepreneurship), so I provided a detailed answer clarifying

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Business

Tale of Two CEOs

A few days ago someone posted a question on Quora:  Chief Executive Officers: Who is the greatest living CEO? One of the answers (unusually, posted by an anonymous member), simply posted the following chart: Originally cited in a 2010 ZDNet article, it is a thought provoking  illustration.   On the surface it

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