YoungGoGetter has a post titled 3 Reasons To Skip Getting Your MBA written by Ryan Stephens which suggest three reasons why Ryan thinks you should skip obtaining your MBA. I don’t agree with his reasoning, particularly his third point:

I’m in too much of a hurry to waste time getting an MBA, when I could read [...]

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Today Seth Godin wrote about Packaging for retail noting that a recent purchase of his:

…came in plastic, non-recyclable packaging that weighed twice as much as the remote itself. The plastic was so well sealed and so thick that I actually broke a kitchen knife trying to open it…

He also goes on to note:

This packaging is [...]

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Rodrigo Moya emailed me a couple of days ago about Speaking Roses, who have developed a way to transfer images onto fresh-cut flowers without shortening the life of the flowers. They have this to say about themselves:

Speaking Roses created an idea over 7 years ago that would merge the flower and greeting card industries forever. [...]

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There are various reports about that Prime Minister Gordon Brown is taking part in discussions with TV producers to star in his own reality show. Apparently MP Hazel Blears was photographed carrying a print-out of email detailing the show to a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Apparently it has the working title Junior PM.
It’s claimed that [...]

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Your business can only succeed through its reputation. Your customers will be making decisions based on the perception of your business held in their mind. That perception will be based on:

The memory they have of you;
Your reputation – as they remember it;
The last thing they knew about your business;
The things about your business that they [...]

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Having recently been asked about any of my own business nightmares what Seth Godin writes in his post We specialize in everything strikes a cord:

… if you can find the best in the world to do what you want, no matter what it is you want, does that change things?
… When choice is limited, I [...]

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While there are many great Internet business blogs about, they are not always easy to find. So I’ve gathered together a list of what I believe are the Top 100 Internet Business Blogs on the Internet. If you feel I’ve missed a blog out then contact me and tell me why.
The blogs are listed in [...]

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I’ve been looking forward to reading Rachel Elanugh’s book since she announced that she was writing one. Although her business Red Letter Days ended up in administration before being bought by two of her fellow Dragons I believe there’s a lot that aspiring entrepreneurs could learn from her experience.
So I was disappointed when I [...]

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I’ve started a blogging business.
Why am I telling you this? Well, John has often written about blogging as a business , so when I started my own blog I asked if I could write a guest post about it. He suggested that, rather than just write one post, I write a series charting the progress [...]

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Seth Godin recently posted a list of “What Every Good Marketer Knows”, but every single point seems to be about advertising. Try it, read his post substituting advertising everywhere you see marketing. Yes, good marketers do need to understand good advertising, but good marketing is so much more than that.
In Marketing Management Philip Kotler defines [...]

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