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For Many Latinos, Race Is More Culture Than Color - NYTimes.com. 10 Rules for Brilliant Women. I coach brilliant women, lots of them. Dedicated, talented, brilliant women. Most of the time, they don’t know their brilliance. They are certain they “aren’t ready” to take on that next bigger role. They are more attuned to the ways they aren’t qualified than to the ways that they are. It’s time to step up, brilliant women. 1 Make a pact. 2 Imagine it. 3 Gasp. 4 Get a thick skin. 5 Be an arrogant idiot. 6 Question the voice that says “I’m not ready yet.” 7 Don’t wait for your Oscar. 8 Filter advice. 9 Recover and restore. 10 Let other women know they are brilliant. Clear a path by walking it, boldly. Sign upfor Tara’s free workbook& put the 10 Rules into action in your daily life P.S. 3 Ways Business Plans Get You Funding. Share: When most entrepreneurs need funding to start or grow their business, they quickly learn one key fact: they need a business plan.

Note: This chart is based on no real research whatsoever. Which means, there are no guarantees to get financing, even if you have an awesome business plan. Like you need a resume to apply for a job, and a completed application to gain admittance to a university, business plans are required to apply for business financing. And like resumes and college applications, business plans are viewed as a necessary evil by most entrepreneurs. Yet, this shouldn’t be the case. Because unlike completing your resume or college application, the process of completing your business plan has been proven to improve your success — not only in gaining funding, but when executing on your business. With regards to getting you funding, here’s why business plans are so critical. And the same holds true when assessing private companies like yours. 1. 2. 3. Dave Lavinsky. 111 Points to Jumpstart Your 2012 Marketing.

To get your 2012 marketing on track to achieve your business goals, here are 111 points you need now. This 2012 Marketing Checklist is an important business tool for every marketer regardless of whether you’re working for a B2C, B2B, not-for-profit or solopreneur. Optimize your usage by taking the time to develop your answers because it’s critical to put your 2012 business plans on track! As part of this exercise, incorporate a method for tracking your progress towards your business goals at regular intervals during the year. If you find your results aren’t on track, you can make modifications as needed. Start by assessing past results How did your organization do in 2011 versus 2010? Understand your target market Has your customer base changed during the past year? Monitor the competitive landscape What trends do you see in 2012 for the economic and political environment? Determine your organization’s vision for 2012 What is your business’ overall vision? Assess your product offering.

5 Inspiring Blogs to Boost Your Career. If you’re looking to get some career inspiration in the new year, ramping up your reading list is one of the best places to start. Even if you already subscribe to the blogging bigwigs like The Huffington Post and The Grindstone, some lesser-known blogs out there warrant your attention, too. Narrowing down a manageable list can be tough, but since hanging out in the blogosphere is part of my job, I’ve done the grunt work for you and sifted through the blogging noise to find the real gold.

Take a look at my favorites: a list of sensational women who offer resources, ideas, and inspiration for getting ahead in your career and developing your business. 1. Farnoosh Brock, Prolific Living Brock, who recently left a very successful corporate career to pursue her goal of helping others to lead passion-driven lives, draws on her own experience to write about living life to its fullest, trusting your instincts, and following your dreams. 2. 3. 4. 5. Bonus: The Freelance Writing Blog Tell us! 8 Pillars of Knowledge Management (KM) in Business Development « Karthikeyan Palanisamy. Knowledge Management (KM) is the discipline of creating, capturing, storing, maintaining and sharing CONTEXTUAL knowledge.

There are various processes and techniques available for each phase of knowledge management. Business Development is one of the key marketing strategies for any organization. Other strategies include Customer Analysis, Competitive Intelligence, Sales strategy, etc. Knowledge Management plays a major role in enabling the organization to develop businesses in a radial fashion. I have identified 6 factors that acts as Pillars for Knowledge Management (KM) discipline in developing new business. Let me explain each pillar in detail. 1. This denotes the collective knowledge of our product/s. a) What is our product? These are sample questions that will help any organization to create/capture the product knowledge. 2. This denotes the way a particular product is created. A) What are the steps in creation of the product? 3. 4. A) What is the age group of our customers?

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