Fri.Aug 31, 2018

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How To Use The Four Ps Of Marketing To Compete With Giants

Henry DeVries

Phuong Uyen Tran, author of "Competing With Giants," shares her best David vs. Goliath marketing tips utilizing the classic four Ps of marketing: place, price, production, and promotion.

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How to Take the Stress Out of Taking Time Off

Harvard Business

Laura Findlay/Getty Images. Have you ever questioned whether taking time off is worth it because the stress of preparing for a vacation is so high? If so, you’re not alone. Over half of Americans leave some vacation time on the table. Some of the reasons for the lack of vacations include feeling that their workload was too heavy or that no one could do their job while they were gone.

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The cereal entrepreneur

Seth Godin Blog

One of the biggest shifts of giving up a paycheck to start a new venture is the fact that you gave up a paycheck. Happiness is positive cash flow, and the easiest way to get there is to decrease your spending. An entrepreneur who is sleeping on a friend’s couch and eating corn flakes for breakfast, lunch and dinner is in far better emotional shape than the one who’s the primary support for a family of four in a fancy house in Scarsdale.

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How Women of Color Get to Senior Management

Harvard Business

Jorg Greuel/Getty Images. Women of color are a force in the U.S. economy. They are projected to make up the majority of all women by 2060, which means they’ll also likely become the majority of the U.S. workforce. They also generate $1 trillion as consumers and $361 billion in revenue as entrepreneurs, launching companies at 4x the rate of all woman-owned businesses.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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Research: Cloud Computing Is Helping Smaller, Newer Firms Compete

Harvard Business

Ansgar Schwarz/EyeEm/Getty Images. Is digital technology a democratizing force, allowing smaller, newer companies to compete against giant ones? Or does it provide even greater advantage to incumbents? That question has gotten a lot of attention lately, in response to data showing that the rate of new business creation in the U.S. has slowed , and that in most industries the biggest firms have higher market share than they did a decade ago.