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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

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By definition, you read blogs. If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast

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It is mind-boggling how much time and money is invested in “strategy” at many companies—with some larger organizations even hiring a full-time person or team to oversee “strategy and innovation.” While commendable, this effort to invest in strategy doesn’t work unless the company also focuses on culture. Hire for attitude.

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Why Startups Need a Well Articulated Strategy (And How to Think About Yours)

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I recommend you read Fred Wilson’s recent blog post about the need for a well articulated business strategy before pushing a particular business model. I guess this is the ultimate definition of implementing a business model when you’re not clear on strategy! The Need for Strategy. That’s Sofa King true.

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Blogging for the Hell of It, Not Blogging to Stay Relevant

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I used to love blogging. Blogging proved to be a great way to hone my ideas, have public conversations with people and as it turns out – build meaningful relationships through public dialog that spilled over into the real world. Somewhere along the way blogging changed. Fred Wilson said as much in his blog post today, too.

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EO Entrepreneurs Share Strategies for Failure-Proofing Small Business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Join an executive group: It empowers you to develop leadership skills and knowledge, which is nearly impossible to do alone. Hire the best employees you can afford, then take care of them to develop loyalty and make them essential parts of the team. Leverage others’ experiences. Learn from the successes and failures of others.

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3 tips to create your company’s foreign and domestic investment strategies

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Excluding investment sources creates a new manifestation of development capacity and vision that’s much more narrowly focused. However, focusing on steady local or regional development can slow the path of international expansion. Create a strategy. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Inspiring Change: 3 Strategies to Empower Young Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

However, developing solutions and sponsoring comprehensive change takes time. 3 strategies to encourage young entrepreneurs The following three strategies can help industry leaders, mentors, and teachers empower budding entrepreneurs as they seek to make our world a better place: 1. and more articles from the EO blog.