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Economic Moats: Who Has Them? And How Do You Get One?

ConversionXL

When it comes to low-cost production, examples often focus on manufacturing and supply chain management. It is, Rumelt explains, the management of Walmart stores as a network. The company limits costs through a management and distribution structure that serves multiple stores in a geographic area. But demand won’t scale.

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Eight Ways To Fight Entrepreneurial Fires And Constantly Improve In The Process

YoungUpstarts

I learned this lesson from Dave Lindsey, a successful entrepreneur and founder of Defender Direct in Indianapolis. That may require software to keep better records and to create information faster so that you know about and can manage mistakes (variances) more quickly and efficiently. When this is the case, progress is being made.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

He built & IPOd Demand Media. We needed routers, switches, databases, caching software, load balancers, application servers, browsers, compression algortyhms, streaming technology, low-cost storage, management consoles, programming libraries and on and on. He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0 for $565 million to Excite.

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What Fortune 500 Companies Can Learn From The Military’s Top 0.01%: Business Lessons From The Blue Angels  

YoungUpstarts

We were lined up together, four jets on the runway packing 128,000 pounds of thrust, and we carried more horsepower than the entire starting lineup of the Indianapolis 500. On engine start, I felt the familiar rumble of the turbines spooling up. His new book is “ Fearless Success: Beyond High Performance “

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States of Innovation, Going Gonzeaux Tour – 2012

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

We can talk open innovation, idea management systems, process, people, culture. Indiana – May 7, 8 (Indianapolis). Don’t know yet, demand will shape it. I’d like to share ideas and methods to kick-start innovation, with specific tools, techniques, processes, and program initiatives.

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10 Companies Want To Show You The Money

YoungUpstarts

An on-demand ride sharing service. Currently available in Dallas, Indianapolis, St. An on-demand mobile marketplace allowing busy people to outsource their errands and tasks for a fee. Feature Story freelance money management online platform Pabla Ayala pFunk Media' Task Rabbit.

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Knowledge

Occam's Razor

Lack Management Support or Buy-in? Solving For The What & The Why: On-demand Webinar. Seven Skills to Look for in a Web Analytics Manager. Redemption for the Indianapolis Colts at Super Bowl XLI. Six Tips For Improving High Bounce / Low Conversion Web Pages. How To Excite People About Web Analytics: Five Tips.

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