Thanks to the InfoChachkie blog for introducing this 3-minute video:
High-tech marketing guru Richard St. John…invested the necessary time to ensure that his 2006 talk at the TED Conference was succinct and highly impactful. Over a seven-year period, he interviewed over 500 very successful people in order to answer this question posed to him by a [...]

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Whether you’re starting, repairing, renewing, or reinventing your enterprise, the Infochachkie blog offers a well-considered assessment of the downturn climate and how it can be seen positively.
I found it a worthwhile list — except for the first item which implies that reduced prospects for investor funding may be more blessing than curse. Instead, I’d add [...]

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Dave on April 2nd, 2009

This short article is 5-star advice for any enterprise facing a threat — from veteran entrepreneur Norm Brodsky (Inc.’s Street Smarts).
Facing the giant disruption of a 1979 NYC transit strike in the first year of his start-up Perfect Courier, Brodsky goes looking for advice from a customer who’s been through strikes before. The dialogue he [...]

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Dave on March 23rd, 2009

Here’s my online “kiosk” explaining the credit crunch:
Three exquisitely complementary articles pull back the curtain on how this crisis happened and why it will take years before we’re on solid ground again.
Links and brief excerpts below the fold.

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Truly scary graph.

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