Archives tagged: MBA

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So You Want to be a “Rainmaker”

By James T. Berger July 13, 2005

If you look at who is really successful today in business, it is NOT the most brilliant or capable professional, the smartest…

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Converting Productivity to Profitability

By James T. Berger June 9, 2005

Our economy’s last two major growth eras – the Clinton prosperity of the 1990s and the current expansion – followed the same…

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12 Pieces of Advice for Erstwhile Entrepreneurs

By James T. Berger May 11, 2005

As I think back to my 22 years as an entrepreneur, I have come up with a dozen important pieces of advice…

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Machiavelli, Evolving, and Appreciation

By Tim J. Smith, PhD December 1, 2004

Learning from Machiavelli’s Career One might think that Machiavelli had a great career. His seminal masterpiece, The Prince, broke from the strictures…

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Sarbanes Oxley Act and Small Businesses Owners

By Tim J. Smith, PhD September 1, 2004

Preface Your financial business infrastructure needs to be made aware of the SOA “role” of its Internal Auditor, who has primary responsibilities…

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Merge with Similarly Market Focused Companies – Marimba

By Tim J. Smith, PhD June 9, 2004

Founded in 1996, this public company achieved $40 million in revenue in 2003 and has over 450 customers including name brands such…

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Pinpointing that Center of Value in AMR

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 31, 2004

Several speakers at The Metering Billing CRM/CIS Americas 2004 Conference had thoughts about the origin of the value in this industry, but…

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Understanding the Fundamentals of Managed Availability

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 17, 2004

The amount of data at our disposal can only be described as fantastic, increasing dramatically every day, as does the degree to…

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Leadership: In-Front of a Moving Train

By Tim J. Smith, PhD October 15, 2003

To take on the role of leadership can be like putting oneself in-front of the moving train. In this rather uncomfortable analogy,…

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Co-Branding: Centuries of Stamina

By Tim J. Smith, PhD October 1, 2003

This summer I had the pleasure of visiting Cesky Krumlov, a Renaissance city in southern Bohemia, now a part of the Czech…

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