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A Look at How Brad D. Smith Motivated and Inspired Intuit Employees

Success

Smith’s unconventional motivation fostered success In 2006, when he was senior vice president of Intuit’s Small Business Division, he told his team he would put on a 1920s bathing suit and jump in a pond if they met the launch deadline for the latest version of QuickBooks. Rolling Thunder” worked. QuickBooks-related revenue jumped to $861.7

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Is Your Networking Fishy Enough?

The Small Business Blog

Build your own network! Is Your Networking Fishy Enough? by adrianswinscoe on Jul 02, 2010 Networking is an essential growth strategy for any small (even large) business. However, there is an essential difference between having a strategy and how you implement it and many small businesses try networking with little success.

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SUCCESS Celebrates 125 Years of Progress, Positive Thinking and Personal Growth

Success

The magazine had a short run with former National Magazine Award winner Gay Bryant as editor-in-chief beginning in 2006. Then, following an ownership change in 2007, SUCCESS named another woman to the post of chief editor: Deborah Heisz. “I I think the magazine is becoming much more diverse with every decade,” Heisz says.

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Three Books That Explain The Economy (and Jobs)

Small Business Labs

It was released in 2007 and in our opinion nails how the economy has changed since the 1950s. Released in 2006 and based on work that started in the late 1990s, Hacker explains how risk has shifted from institutions to individuals. The Great Risk Shift by political scientist Jacob S.

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How Immersive Art Has Transformed the Ways People Experience Creativity??????????

Success

Annabelle Mauger began this trend with the 2007 Van Gogh immersion she produced and directed; Imagine Van Gogh has since been followed with Imagine Monet and the new Imagine Picasso. Dale Chiluly, COV “Finland Glass Boat” Nuutajarvi, Finland.

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How Immersive Art Has Transformed the Ways People Experience Creativity??????????

Success

Annabelle Mauger began this trend with the 2007 Van Gogh immersion she produced and directed; Imagine Van Gogh has since been followed with Imagine Monet and the new Imagine Picasso. Dale Chiluly, COV “Finland Glass Boat” Nuutajarvi, Finland.

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WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Lily Waring Intimates

The Small Business Blog

Build your own network! Kat started her own business in 2007, after many years of dreaming about running her own company. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. Enhance Your Work-Life Balance Have it all your way – family, friends, work and most of all a life!

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