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Why Klout is dangerous

Why Klout and influence measures are dangerous to the social media community. As they rise in importance so will unsocial behavior and cheating. Continue reading

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Group Brainstorming is fun… but kills good ideas!

Group brainstorming and focus groups are fun and create an illusion of effectiveness among everyone involved in the process. Can an organization interested in innovation channel the enthusiasm but limit the murder of ideas? Continue reading

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How to serve Customers

How to serve customers, wall street style. Continue reading

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Top 9 Clues that you MAY have followed the wrong tweeter

Top 9 indications that you MAY have followed the wrong tweeter include the use of truetwit. Continue reading

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Entrepreneurship and Marketing

For some reason the study of entrepreneurship is usually housed in the management department, not in marketing. However, in a world of lean startups and effectuation, it is clear that understanding markets and clients are key skills of entrepreneurship.
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Just Do It!

Just Do It seems the theme of product development: effectuation, agile development, probe and learn, or organic. Continue reading

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Pioneers get arrows in their backs…

Pioneers don’t always win: in fact they don’t usually win! The keys to success are luck, persistence, and continual innovation. Continue reading

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Reflections on two years of tweeting

Benefits from two years on twitter! Continue reading

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Computers in the classroom: no surfin’

I ban open computers in my classes because the distraction of multitasking or surfing the internet, reduces discussion and inhibits learning. Continue reading

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Is “Lean Startups” a misnomer?

Lean startups as Probe and Learn entrepreneurship! Continue reading

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