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The Gear That Makes Consulting So Much Easier!

Tom Spencer

Wireless Mouse. I remember how I came into consulting thinking that a laptop bag would suffice for travel. Maneuverable Travel Suitcase. It doesn’t have to be Away branded (I personally use a travel suitcase from a startup) but investing in a higher tech functional product is smart. I was horribly mistaken.

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Productivity On The Road

Chad Barr

My wife and I traveled to Utah via Las Vegas this past week. No only was I able to be productive and take care of business but in one of the calls I needed to check an email with an attachment and an Internet web site we were working on. The post Productivity On The Road appeared first on The Chad Barr Group.

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An Ex-Consultant’s Jump into the Start Up World

Management Consulted

He co-founded MobileSuites, an app that puts travel concierge services and hotel information at your fingertips, and which you can (and should) find and sign-up for here. I ended up traveling on a few projects with my friend Basel, an analyst who started the same day that I did. Okay, great. When did that moment happen for you?

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Thinking lifetime (don't break the chain)

Seth Godin Blog

The traveling salesman, the carnival barker and the old-time businessman can hit and run. That means that unhappy news spreads far and fast (and that remarkable products and services need lower ad budgets). The thing is, a customer is never out of warranty, even if his product is. Make the sale, cut your costs, move on.

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3 Kinds of Jobs That Will Thrive as Automation Advances

Harvard Business

Many of us are also becoming more demanding — we are less and less willing to settle for standardized, mass market products when it is far easier to seek out the niche products that are tailored to our specific needs and context. So, what’s the result?

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How to Know Which Digital Trends Are Worth Chasing

Harvard Business

Marriott, for example, uses digital technology to streamline the hotel experience for its consumers, particularly its high-value business travelers. The products are shipped directly to customers’ homes, where they can browse and purchase what they like. Insight Center. How Digital Business Models Are Changing.

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How disruptive is the 'Sharing Economy'?

freshminds

However, for many businesses, the sharing economy has the ability to be incorporated into current products by focusing on designing ways in which they can be sharable. Car companies are also starting to develop wireless entry mechanisms so that owners can rent their vehicle without having to hand over keys.

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