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Just Good Enough: The Minimum Viable Sales/Marketing Strategy

Oct 16, 2013 By Dave Brock

For years, I’ve been a proponent of “Just Good Enough” as a sales or marketing strategy. Perhaps in today’s context, Just Good Enough might be called The Minimum Viable Sales/Marketing Strategy.

Filed Under: Marketing Innovations Tagged With: Dave Brock, Failure, Learning, Product Development

The No. 1 Enemy of Creativity: Fear of Failure

Oct 10, 2013 By Peter Sims

Never once in my life until my mid 30s did anyone ever (to the best of my recollection) call me “creative.” But now, I hear it all the time. So what happened?

Filed Under: Strategic Planning Tagged With: Creativity, Design, Failure, Learning, Peter Sims

5 of Steve Jobs’s Biggest Mistakes

Oct 3, 2013 By Peter Sims

It’s a great disservice to everyone, especially young people, that the stories that we often hear about the most accomplished entrepreneurs sound so effortless. Despite what we may have read, Steve Jobs was no different. Here are five of Jobs’s greatest mistakes, all of which history shows he ultimately learned from.

Filed Under: Innovation Tagged With: Failure, Innovation, Leadership, Mistakes, Peter Sims

Failure is the Greatest of Teachers

Sep 23, 2013 By Dave Berkus

Not all companies are successful. The end game can be a failure of the business. In fact, many angel investors or venture capitalists look for and respect the lessons learned by entrepreneurs that have survived a failed business.

Filed Under: Innovation Tagged With: Angel Investors, Dave Berkus, Failure, Learning

Why You’re Probably Not Achieving Your Goals

Sep 23, 2013 By Susan Baroncini-Moe

So you’ve been trying to grow your business and now you’re frustrated. Really frustrated. You want customers and clients, but so far, things aren’t happening—at least not the way you’d like. Want to know why?

Filed Under: Best Practices Tagged With: Failure, Getting Started, Market Segmentation, Personal Outlook, Setting Goals, Susan BaronciniMoe

Stop Waiting for the Perfect Time!

Sep 16, 2013 By Fran Tarkenton

When you boil it down, the reason people wait and put off opportunities is because they are afraid of failure. They are afraid that if they try something right now it might not work—but if they just waited a little longer, kept working on the idea for some more time, it will be guaranteed to succeed!

Filed Under: Personal Readiness Tagged With: Developing an Idea, Failure, Fran Tarkenton, Getting Started, Mistakes, Starting a Business

How to Get Your Groove Back

Sep 6, 2013 By Pamela Slim

Reaching a certain level of personal or business success takes a lot of focus, grit and hard work. But now I believe that getting back to success once you have lost it is even harder. And here is why.

Filed Under: Personal Readiness Tagged With: Failure, Overcoming Obstacles, Pamela Slim, Personal Readiness, Solving Problems

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