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		<title>Strategy: Research Portfolio Planning and Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strategy: Research Portfolio Planning and Management Competitiveness in the market is dependent on exploiting new technology opportunities. Identifying and developing new technology requires effective investment in long-term research and development. Yet at the same time, there is the perception that &#8230; <a href="http://www.bd.handspicker.net/blog/archives/2006/08/08/strategy-research-portfolio-planning-and-management/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Strategy: Early Market Development and &#8220;The Rubber-Chicken Circuit&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2006 21:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On his blog &#8220;The Post Money Value&#8220;, Rick Segal has some excellent advice for early-stage entreprenuers that find themselves in the spot-light of The Rubber Chicken Circuit. Few startups have the people resources to be able to afford to galavant &#8230; <a href="http://www.bd.handspicker.net/blog/archives/2006/05/14/strategy-early-market-development-and-the-rubber-chicken-circuit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Strategy: Competitive Standards Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While competitors and customers believe in standards that are fair, impartial and open, a company's competitive interests are often met by seeking unfair, proprietary and closely controlled advantage. Yet the open standards process is valuable to a company in broadening the potential market, building a positive market reputation and building a community of potential customers. The challenge is to participate in and drive standards in a fair, impartial and open manner while internally pursuing an aggressive competitive product, market and standards strategy. <a href="http://www.bd.handspicker.net/blog/archives/2006/04/27/competitive-standards-strategy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Strategy: Lessons from Texas Hold&#8217;em</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t play cards, but I enjoy watching Texas Hold&#8217;em poker on TV. One might think that watching other people play cards would be boring. On the contrary. Poker games present a microcosm of strategy, tactics, personality traits and clues. &#8230; <a href="http://www.bd.handspicker.net/blog/archives/2006/04/20/strategy-lessons-from-texas-holdem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Business Planning: Software Patents</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up until the last few years I have not been a fan of software patents. My rationale for my disdain of software patents was purely pragmatic. Developing approvable patent applications takes significant time from senior engineers which distracts them from &#8230; <a href="http://www.bd.handspicker.net/blog/archives/2006/04/19/business-planning-software-patents/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Business Planning: Mission, Vision, Goals, Strategies, Objectives and Tactics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2006 22:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
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