E-M8 Entrepreneurial Management for Eternal Mission

The other day I was at Alterra on Humboldt and was surprised to see them use heating to keep their outside space usable during winter. Don’t get me wrong, I understand the business reason for it, and if anyone else did that I would not give it a second thought. However, Alterra is very emphatic [...]

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While the presentation below view the business models a bit to narrowly, only in terms of the transactions, this is a great place to start developing and refining the understanding of the business opportunities. Take a look and tell me what you think:
Business Model Innovation Matters

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In Christianity there is a belief that it was the devil who caused men to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil which causes them to be separate from God and seek independently the path of right and wrong. In this video, the same argument is presented from a very different perspective. [...]

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The more I help teams with managing their workload the more I come to realization that much of the frustration seems to come from not having a clear delineation between  Projects, Tasks, Processes and Meetings. Often, I see meetings appear on a task list, or processes listed among projects. Projects and tasks are mixed so [...]

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When starting out, many things a business should do are the very opposite of a good practice in the long term. For example, I am sure you have heard the advice that it is good to be diversified so that you do not depend on the whim of a single customer.
I would like to argue [...]

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