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November 16 · Issue #59 · View online |
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“Probabilities are the closest thing to fortune-telling, but you have to be strong enough to live with what they tell you might occur.”
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The Illusion of Measuring What Customers Want – Jobs to be Done
Innovation is wrought with uncertainty. As a result, anything that promises certainty is attractive to designers and innovators.
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Growth Study: How Supreme Built a Cult-Like Following
This is EXACTLY how Supreme New York has grown from a one location retail store run by skateboarders to a worldwide known ecommerce brand with a following larger than some religions.
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The Distilled Guide to Online Video Marketing
Obsessed with this guide! Best guide I’ve found on the topic!
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5 Trends for 2018
5 key consumer trends for 2018, and related innovation opportunities. Covering all B2C industries, including retail, FMCG, luxury, technology and more.
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Our brains can get lazy by age 25 — but you can counteract it
Picking up a new hobby can help stimulate creative and strategic thinking.
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26 time-management tricks I wish I'd known at 20
Business Insider - Product and marketing consultant Étienne Garbugli describes the productivity advice he’d like to share with his 20-year-old self.
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How to be more productive at work
Time-management and organization expert Julie Morgenstern shares three ways to structure your office hours for maximum productivity
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Why do so many managers have poor people skills?
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Why Job Offer Negotiations Go Wrong
Conventional wisdom for negotiating job offers may not always apply. Our experts advise how to know when to hold ’em and when to fold ’em.
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Why Do Idiots Get Ahead?
Another great question… =)
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The Generalized Specialist: How Shakespeare, Da Vinci, and Kepler Excelled
Should we generalize or specialize? This article explores how Shakespeare and Da Vinci excelled by branching out from their core competencies.
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How Snappa Built An Entire Business From One Keyword And One Viral Blog Post
Chris Gimmer and his co-founder built an entire business on the back of one keyword and one viral blog post. We interviewed Chris to learn how they did it.
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Why you should never, ever call yourself an internet marketer
Does running a business online make you an internet marketer? HELL no. Here’s why.
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Why Startups Suck at Marketing
LukeW Ideation + Design provides resources for mobile and Web product design and strategy including presentations, workshops, articles, books and more on usability, interaction design and visual design.
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Reddit Hates Blatant Marketing: Here's How You Can Still Get Thousands of Visitors
Si Quan Ong shares how he’s driven thousands of visitors on Reddit to promote content and how others can do the same. Tons of examples and lessons here.
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Thinking of starting a podcast? Don’t.
The Art of Charm’s Jordan Harbinger brings the real talk on what starting a podcast is really like.
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The Brutal Fight to Mine Your Data and Sell It to Your Boss
Silicon Valley makes billions of dollars peddling personal information, supported by an ecosystem of bit players. One of them, an upstart called HiQ, is going up against LinkedIn in a battle for your lucrative professional identity.
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America’s ‘Retail Apocalypse’ Is Really Just Beginning
The spillover from retailer debt will flow far and wide across the economy.
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How Corporations and the Wealthy Avoid Taxes (and How to Stop Them)
The Paradise Papers confirm what we already know: Many are not paying their fair share. Here’s how they get away with it.
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13 Startup Ideas
Startup ideas aren’t actually a scarce resource. In fact, they’re only becoming more abundant – as the world moves faster and more new businesses are created, more novel niches appear for profitable, productive companies.
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How to prove it
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The secrets to a truly restorative vacation
Research-backed advice for what you need to do on your holiday break (and how long you should do it for)
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