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An Overview of Business Development Consulting

Tom Spencer

Business development consulting is about helping businesses grow sales and profits in order to achieve their strategic objectives. Business development consultants enable companies to reach their full potential and rescue companies that are struggling to survive. We don’t understand the value and we’re too busy to think about it.

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To Grow Your Business Abroad, Partner with Local Influencers

Harvard Business

And they can be very expensive — in addition to overseas business travel, local distribution partner relationships require significant up-front investment to get started and to manage effectively. They spend their days developing new content — videos, photos, blog posts, and podcasts — and engaging their followers.

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Sometimes “Small Data” Is Enough to Create Smart Products

Harvard Business

In 2015, Boeing launched the Aerospace Data Analytics Lab in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University to develop AI technology for airlines. However, when planes travel around the world, communication starts to breaks down. These are amazing technologies with great promise for any level of executive in any B2C or B2B company.

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