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Achieving Startup Success via Product-Market Fit

Tom Spencer

It has come to be known as product-market fit. After lack of funding, failure to achieve product-market fit is the most common reason that startups fail. Thus, achieving product-market fit should be a top priority for any founder looking to achieve long-term success. What problems do customers actually have?

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How Smart Speakers Are Poised to Reinvent the Travel Industry

Harvard Business

Marriott recently teamed up with Amazon to offer a hospitality version of the e-commerce giant’s Echo devices in select hotel rooms. Travelers with an Alexa device at home can book a car rental or hotel through Expedia and Kayak. People can even book flights through voice-enabled Google Search. Adopting AI.

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5 Reasons Why Consulting Jobs are Not As Glamorous As Advertised

Tom Spencer

While most consultancies are establishing programs to reduce work hours and improve work-life balance, my personal experience revealed that this is little more than a marketing effort. On top of that, travelling every week is a lot less romantic than it sounds. It is no secret that work hours are tough, at least in many countries.

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

Aerospace is one of the fastest growing markets. While both the size of the market and its growth rate are both large, so is its carbon footprint. The Aviation Market. Ever since the Wright Brother’s famous first flight in 1903, the aviation market has gone nowhere but up. per year over the same period.

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IMC USA 2017 Conference Open for Registration!

IMC USA

The conference dates are October 20-22 in Atlanta, Georgia, at the JW Marriott Atlanta Buckhead Hotel. And register now for the conference to get the best rate and start planning your travel. I am pleased to announce the IMC USA 2017 Annual Consulting Conference: Building Your Practice and Adding Value for Clients.

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The Secret Sauce to a Superior Customer Experience

Rick Conlow

I travel often. When I got to my hotel, the clerk seemed annoyed with me. Websites that are unresponsive or marketed products that are unavailable. Research shows us that the top service companies have higher sales growth and profits over time. A superior customer experience is rare. The poor examples outnumber the good.

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More Universities Need to Teach Sales

Harvard Business

For decades, Sales and Academia remained worlds apart and the business world did fine. But Sales is changing, Academia is out of touch, and this is bad for business and the academy. Sales was traditionally seen as a form of service work, with an emphasis primarily on developing moral character.

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