The Problem with Joint Ventures

On June 2, 2009, in Entrepreneurship, by Brett Duncan

Joint ventures fail because the joint venture partners are never as powerful as a single owner.

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The Next Best Thing Never Is

On April 10, 2009, in Innovation, by Brett Duncan

The next best thing rarely becomes the next best thing. Why products that position themselves as an updated version of another product never make it.

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The Illusion of the Ground Floor

On March 18, 2009, in Direct Sales, Entrepreneurship, by Brett Duncan

The problem with that thinking is that it takes a heck of a lot more blood, sweat and tears to get that ground floor opportunity off the ground when you’re there in the beginning than it does later on.

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Marketing Heroin, Guitars and Medicinal Marijuana

On January 11, 2009, in Weekend Reading, by Brett Duncan

A varied and entertaining list of reading from the past week:  SEO Copywriters: How to make an extra $61,880 this Year: Yuwanda Black’s post on Copyblogger does what too many blog posts fall short of doing: giving you actionable steps that are specific and relevant. Her business website, New Media Words,  is surpringly and refreshingly [...]

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