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The Top Four Ways People Reconnect, and the One That Works Best. by Paul Teshima I wanted to share this great article and don't worry the others will follow so stay tuned:... As CEO of Nudge, I have been spending a lot of time reaching out and reconnecting to my network. Investors, fellow execs, friends, potential customers and analysts; I have a reason to get back in touch with all of them. What I learned is that there are four ways to do this, and one that works best. "Let's Get Caught-Up" Hey we have all done this. There is something we need, and someone who can help us with that need, so we ask for one of the three C's: call, coffee, cocktails. There is nothing wrong with this approach, but for it to work well you need to have something for them. Maybe you are both CEOs of a new startup and want to talk about best practices in fundraising, or maybe you just met someone who can help them with their business. David Meerman Scott wrote a great blog post on this type of Nudge he calls "catching up or touching base". In his post, he says that if you need something, perhaps the approach of just asking directly will get you what you need, more than asking to "catch-up". Takeaway: if you don't truly want to get "caught-up", maybe just asking for what you need, is the best way to get what you need.

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Nine things they don’t teach you in business school, one of which may shock you. Here is the final one #9. 9. When you sell (and we are all selling at some point), you are negotiating and when you negotiate you have to lie and manipulate. No business book or school is going to tell you how to really win because to really win you need to be dishonest. The truth is that you can not be 100% transparent when selling. It doesn’t matter if you are using a consultative approach, ...if you are a hunter or a farmer, if you are selling software or your entire business. It doesn’t matter if you subscribe to SPIN Selling or the Challenger Sale. Selling is manipulating, selling is war. You can still have a win-win outcome, but don’t kid yourself thinking you were 100% truthful through the entire process. When you are selling you are negotiating and in order to win you need to outsmart the other side. This will require a degree of dishonesty. See more

Nine things they don’t teach you in business school, one of which may shock you. Here is #8 8. Don’t follow the competition. Ignore them entirely. Be the best you, not the better competition. I remember following a group of skiers off a chairlift in British Columbia. I had looked them up and down and figured they were locals and I could gain some insights from them. We all ended up stuck in the trees and it took me 45 minutes to get out. It’s important to be aware of what the competition is doing, you can still ignore them while being aware of what they are doing, but to follow them is a horrible strategy, nothing good can come of it and it is a sign of weakness. Discovering the market’s needs and the market’s greatest pain points is what should drive your innovation and better yet, drive your invention.