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The Cost of Getting it Wrong
Organizations need to know how far they are traveling from their desired path and what is it costing them to stray

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Partnering Techniques for the Entrepreneur the First Pitch
When the owner of a three person small business pitched Home Depot on a partnership to grow his painting company, he had no idea how close he came to achieving his goal. But his lack of asking the right questions and capitalizing on the needs of the larger business cost him the partnership opportunity. This article covers common partnership problems encountered by entrepreneurs during the first partner conversation and the six critical questions to ask during the initial pitch that can make or break the conversation.
The Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs
I get pitched dozens of times every year, and every pitch contains at least three or four of these lies. I provide them not because I believe I can increase the level of honesty of entrepreneurs as much as to help entrepreneurs come up with new lies. At least new lies indicate a modicum of creativity!
SMEs - South African SMEs and development capital
Certain entrepreneurs battle to get finance in South Africa
SME's - why business from government is a challenge
Why African governments battle to give SME's business
Altucher: College is "Abhorrent"
I love my friend James Altucher dearly -- and not just because his hair makes mine look half-decent, nor because he pitched in and helped last week at the Money:Tech conference -- and his column in yesterday's FT is another reason why. Blunt, smart, contrarian, empirical and irreligious, those are James's calling cards.
The Law of Perception – Marketing is not a Battle of Products
Marketing is not a battle of products, it is a battle of perceptions, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short article to understand that the (lead and/or) customer don’t care about how good what you have is, they just want to know it will solve their problem.
Never compete with anybody else; but yourself
I have some major disagreements with our current school system, especially because of the culture of competing against one another. We are pitched against our classmates to evaluate who is better than the other. And since only 1 can be the winner, we develop 99 losers. So then, why are we surprised when 1% of the population earns more money the 99%? So then, why are we surprised that 99% of the world is poor? Isn’t it hypocrisy? Whereas, you ask anybody who has made a difference in our society as to what they owe their success to. Invariably it comes to the fact that these people competed with themselves, and not others. They wanted to be better than their previous best. They wanted to beat their previous performance. And that is the key to success.
How to (Phone) Pitch The Media
You may be a natural salesman, and your clients may indeed love you, but you're playing a different game when you’re contacting the media. You are entering a very specific phone world. You may be a great person one-on-one, with a winning smile and a firm handshake, but that won't get you far over the phone. Having an interesting and compelling story to tell is vital, but how that story is pitched is of equal importance.

The Cost of Energy
We discuss the energy battle in Vermont.

Social Media Marketing is Like Dating … Real Serious Dating
Companies and social media "experts" can't wait to run out and tell everyone how good they are, their products/services, their very souls. They make it very difficult for the person who's being pitched to get a word in. But it's a relationship with him/her you want to develop/build. How does that start? By listening...real long, real hard. Works in your house doesn't it? Bet it will work in your fantastic social media program. But it's a lot more fun -- and more intelligent -- to hear yourself talk than listen to someone else. Especially when YOU have so much to offer...RIGHT!!!

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