Do you have a high-stakes RFP? If so, its important to follow a systematic approach to identify how you can best add value for your customer. We’ve been leading an effort to help one of our clients choose a long-term strategic partner to jointly build a business in the healthcare sector.
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Feed SubscriptionWhy You Need a Mean Mentor
The best mentor isn't the one that kindly guides and supports you. What you really want is someone who scares the bejesus out of you.
Read More »Supercomputer Watson takes on cancer care with Memorial Sloan-Kettering
IBM's superomputer will be able to deliver personalized cancer care, factoring in patient preferences
Read More »Is Your Marketing Totally Out of Date? 10 Ways to Tell
Marketing isn't only about what you're pitching, but also about how you deliver the message. We've asked a slate of successful young entrepreneurs what not to do.
Read More »Land an Amazing Mentor: 5 Tips
Karmaloop CEO Greg Selkoe on how he found two mentors who taught him most of what he knows now about running a $130 million company. You’re starting a new business but you don’t know everything there is to know about it. (Really, you don’t)
Read More »Do You Really Encourage Innovation & Creativity?
A study reveals that while many bosses claim to promote innovation, their employees often think they're delusional creativity killers. There are plenty of people out there who have pretty positive self-assessments: Ninety percent of drivers think they have above average skills behind the wheel, an even higher percentage of college professors think they're better than average teachers, and, as we all know, every single child in Lake Wobegon is above average. And, when it comes to managers, a majority believe that they inspire and support creativity within their company, according to new research from talent management consultancy DDI.
Read More »Does Your Company Need Social Media?
A lot of CEOs tell me their B2B companies just don't need social media. Here's why they are dead wrong. I have been doing a lot of speaking engagements lately before CEOs of business-to-business (or "B2B") companies
Read More »Army: Many treated for PTSD, returned to war
Military officials say they cannot make blanket policy of not redeploying troops diagnosed with PTSD
Read More »Write a Better Executive Summary
Executive summaries seem simple--until you get them wrong. Make sure you're following this simple outline. The most important part of every sales proposal is the executive summary–but many people in sales get it completely wrong
Read More »5 Ways to Win Over a Social Angel
Don't assume a socially conscious angel will be a soft touch. To win their money, you've got to get a lot of things right.
Read More »Need an Idea for a Killer New Business? Try This.
DocStoc CEO Jason Nazar needed a new product idea that might help grow the business. He got it--in a week
Read More »Multiple medications: Growing "polypharmacy" problem
Over 30 million Americans are taking five or more prescription drugs; With each added drug, risk of side effects increases
Read More »Whitney Houston’s autopsy: How can drowning, cocaine and heart disease all be blamed?
48-year-old's cause of death reported as "drowning" and "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use."
Read More »FDA: Dissolvable tobacco better for health, but could lead to more users
An FDA panel has said that dissolvable tobacco products reduce health risks, but warned that they could make more people addicted to the drug
Read More »Study: Obesity may lower cognitive function for aging adults
Individuals aged 60 to 70 with the highest body mass index (BMI) had the highest rate of cognitive decline
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