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The Benefits of a Performance Culture (and How to Implement One)

Success

All the hedge fund managers in Greenwich, Connecticut, probably didn’t pay for their Ferraris by being nice to people. 1, 2005, only three days before Foster’s first child was born. We were making a lot of cold calls, just pounding the phones, to try and convince people to work with us. Nice people don’t always finish first.

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Smartphone Sales to Over Take Feature Phone Sales in 2011

Small Business Labs

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « 1 in 8 Consumers Forecasted to Cut or Eliminate Cable TV in 2010 | Main | An Overview of the Non-Profit Sector » May 12, 2010 Smartphone Sales to Over Take Feature Phone Sales in 2011 Nielsen is forecasting that smartphone sales in the U.S. So many yongers try this touch phone.

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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

Success

When I started as a government contract consultant in 2005, I would accept all kinds of consulting: sales and marketing, certification, business development and contracts. I could have created a business in which I had employees and was involved in managing the process, but I never wanted to do that. Mike Kilchenstein.

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What is Computational Anthropology?

Small Business Labs

Key quote: The increasing availability of big data from mobile phones and location-based apps has triggered a revolution in the understanding of human mobility patterns. Near real-time data is used to measure revenue (receipts) per company, which is compiled into an index starting from 100 in January 2005 for each industry group.

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Honored “Best Book” In Best of The Best Office Products and Services

Office Dynamics

Best Electronics: Business Mobile Phone. Launched in the UK in 2000, DeskDemon acquired AdminProf.com (the largest web site for office professionals in the USA) in Feb 2005, making it the largest global web site for this group of the work force. Best Fun Stationary & Supplies Companies. See Jane Work. Best Laptops. Best Tablets.

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Seven reasons why your boss should use a chauffeur service

Practically Perfect PA

As we all know keeping our managers on track is at times a logistical nightmare. I’ve often seen (and have done this myself) PAs standing outside board rooms waiting for their manager’s meeting to finish so that they can escort them to the next meeting room so that the boss doesn’t get lost or side tracked.

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Embrace Change for Career Success!

All Things Admin

And as much as we may resist it, without it we’d still be using rotary phones and manual typewriters. That’s why it’s important to find proactive and productive ways to manage and champion change — because it’s the only way for us to stay engaged and relevant. Change is inevitable. But my business changed.