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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

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Disruption of Education. He talked about how for centuries education had “no technological core” (meaning it was bound by physical locations) and thus disruption was very difficult. Today’s higher education is responding by making more courses online and available to people outside of physical boundaries. .

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8 Ways To Stay Competitive In Today’s Technical World

Startup Professionals Musings

Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team. Former employers will normally only give you candidate employment dates or good news.

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7 Business Mistakes Serial Entrepreneurs Never Make (Twice)

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In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. Thus, you have negotiating leverage as long as a legitimate, competitive threat exists. Fallacy: An entrepreneur’s two most precious assets are time and money. Unfortunately, consultants typically cost you both. Grant Exclusivity.

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6 Reasons That Managers Still Add Value In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are a few of their key points, with my own insights added: Workers today are more educated and aware of options. In today’s knowledge-based and highly competitive environment, strategic leadership and company direction can still most quickly be decided and executed in a hierarchical organization.

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Guerilla Marketing, Brad Feld Style

InfoChachkie

Brad proudly described how the company successfully used thought leadership marketing to seed a marketplace in which companies can outsource their SEO campaigns to a legion of independent, third-party “optimizers.” In particular, Brad was impressed that, “Trada…educated people on how SEM works…and they were incredibly inclusive.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 5. Outsourcing

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Outsourcing By Frank Addante (Part 5 of a 5 part series: " So, you need to develop a product? ") Outsourcing has become a popular topic and practice these days. I have been outsourcing to India since before it became popular. A BIG THANK YOU.

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10 Attributes Of The Perfect Partner For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

The passion has to be in the business context – meaning results oriented, customer oriented, and sensitive to competition. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales.