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How entrepreneurs benefit from ‘Alien Thinking’

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In the book Alien Thinking , three innovation professors at IMD Business School argue that people who generate truly breakthrough ideas look at their world like aliens–outsiders unburdened by the assumptions, biases and conventional thinking that constrain imagination. Entrepreneurial success hinges on generating breakthrough ideas.

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Do you really know how to learn?

This is going to be BIG.

Sure, eight years of Jesuit high school and college gave me frameworks for learning, but it was never made obvious what I'd use them for and how they tied back into the outside world. I don't know if it was by design that I reference Descartes when I think about risk and uncertainty or by accident, but I wish I had started doing that earlier.

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SBA Announces Community Navigator Model and Funding Opportunity

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In guiding organizations through the process of deploying Community Navigators (we often refer to them as Network Navigators), it’s been our experience this model can be successful in communities of all sizes—whether that’s impacting small towns like Klamath Falls or scaling to statewide initiatives in Kansas , Missouri , Wisconsin and Iowa.

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Why experience sharing is key to entrepreneurial growth

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A Forum, which is also often referred to as a Mastermind, is a group of peers who meet regularly, with the goal of helping each member improve personally and professionally. Under an advice framework, my Forum-mates take turns telling me what I should do in my specific situation. In my experience.

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EO Global Speakers Academy grads share transformational results

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Michèle Hecken : I had sold my business and was writing a book, which made me curious about public speaking. I wanted GSA to give me a framework for a signature talk and help me understand what topic and how best to present on it. I’ve worked with many, shared the stage with a couple, and referred several others.

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10 Ways to Boost Your Startup’s Customer Acquisition

StartupNation

It provides the framework to grow your business by helping you to gain new customers while you retain the ones you have. Once you have happy customers, make it easy for them to refer you. This doesn’t necessarily mean giving them gift cards or a discount if they refer you. Expand it into a blog post or an e-book.

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The Complete Guide to SaaS Pricing Strategy

Tomasz Tunguz

They change with time as your marketing team builds a brand, develops reference customers, and creates ROI case studies. The best way for a startup to ensure its price is reasonably optimal is to create a framework for evaluating price and revisit the data a few times per year. Push for it as early as possible.

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