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It’s Warren Buffett day

Posted by Mark on Saturday, February 27th, 2010. Filed under Celebrities, Managing.

The Berkshire Annual Report for 2009 was posted overnight, and the letter to shareholders ...

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The new way of business

Posted by Mark on Sunday, December 13th, 2009. Filed under Advertising, Burris, Economy, Fresh Ideas, Managing.

More imagination, fewer resources and assets. That's the way of doing business now. Thomas Friedman's column - ...

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Never too late to join the digerati

Posted by Mark on Sunday, November 29th, 2009. Filed under Digital lifestyle, Managing.

... and admittedly still learning: "I used to be the top editor of Time, Life and People magazines (back when ...

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Making it up in volume

Posted by Mark on Friday, November 27th, 2009. Filed under Advertising, Managing.

James Surowiecki in The New Yorker may be the writer about the economy who makes the most sense for the ...

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Shifting the ground to change the competitive game

Posted by Mark on Friday, October 30th, 2009. Filed under Branding, Fresh Ideas, Managing.

"The gap between the existing and the new has to be so materially better that it shocks you into a ...

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Presentation tips

Posted by Mark on Saturday, September 26th, 2009. Filed under Managing.

I give a lot of presentations. For most of them I just crank up the Keynote (Apple's much-better-than-PowerPoint application program) ...

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Are you managed by your inbox?

Posted by Mark on Sunday, August 30th, 2009. Filed under Digital lifestyle, Living, Managing.

This is a question I've asked myself a lot lately. Just the other day Lyn Rollins ...

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Alan Mulally interview

Posted by Mark on Monday, July 27th, 2009. Filed under Branding, Customer Service, Economy, Managing.

"During the worst of times, we accelerated our investment in the future." This statement alone is worth the time to watch ...

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GM and “Mom’s nude photos”

Posted by Mark on Sunday, May 31st, 2009. Filed under Living, Managing.

One of the funniest conservative writers I know, PJ O'Rourke, explains what happened to GM: "The phrase 'bankrupt General Motors,' which ...

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David vs. Goliath

Posted by Mark on Friday, May 15th, 2009. Filed under Digital lifestyle, Fresh Ideas, Managing.

Malcolm Gladwell's article in the May 11 issue of The New Yorker about the little guys beating bigger competitors probably ...

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