Category
Vision Plan
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12.01.08Business Plan DetectiveI just received an email asking my advice and I thought I would share it. Question: I'm putting a business plan together for a website and need to find out how big the current dollar figure spent in US on related services? How much is spent on advertising on those channels and shows? Any direction you can provide would be great. Answer: Start reading press releases of your competitors and see what numbers they are using and start Googling to find the source. This will start the data flow trail in the right direction.
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09.21.08J.J. Abrams: The mystery boxJ.J. Abrams traces his love for the unseen mystery –- a passion that’s evident in his films and TV shows, including Cloverfield, Lost and Alias -- back to its magical beginnings.
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10.23.07Thomas Edison QuoteI never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others.
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09.18.07Polo Vision"When Lauren looks in the mirror, however, he doesn't see merely a designer. He sees himself as a visionary who hopes to leave behind an iconic American company as his legacy." "The secret of Ralph Lauren 's success is his unique skill set. To call Lauren a designer would be only partly accurate, for he also thinks like a brand manager, a merchant, and a customer. He doesn't sketch and never attended fashion school. Instead, when he "designs," he acts more like a filmmaker. He sees the movie for his collections in his head, and he tells his design team the ...
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09.17.07Buying the VisionI was out on the North Fork of Long Island yesterday and something hit me hard as I walked out of a local deli empty handed. When you buy into a franchise, you are buying into a vision. The vision is the hardest part of making a business successful. Once the vision is set you can start to create goals. Once you have the goals, you just need to create smaller tasks to complete those goals. I've spent a majority of my time recently focusing on each of my businesses long-term visions.
