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2009: The Year of the Smart Phone
At the AlwaysOn Venture Summit Silicon Valley in Menlo Park, Calif., executives from the tech industry, including Motorola and Qualcomm, discuss the impact of ...
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How to Deliver a Negative Performance Review | Dodging Landmines
Giving a negative performance review can be one of the most stressful tasks a manager faces. Employment and labor attorney David Goldman explains why ...
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Are Corporations Acquiring?
At the Always-On Venture Summit Silicon Valley in Menlo Park, Calif., executives from some of the most active acquirers, including Google and Cisco, discuss ...
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Preparing for Disaster
Rinske Geerlings explains how to simplify the process of preparing for the unexpected.
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Inside the Cookie Business During the Holiday Rush
Too Good Gourmet is a small business preparing Red Velvet cookies for the big holiday rush. The specialty food wholesaler was founded in 1998 ...
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Meeting Don'ts | Leila's House of Corrections
Poorly-run meetings can cause a team to lose focus. Learn how meetings can be a manager's best friend and how to make them more ...
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Just a Conversation
Why do we complicate matters when a simple converasation might be all that it takes? Hugh Gyton explains how to avoid misunderstandings.
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Robbie Cooke, Wotif
Wotif's Robbie Cooke explains how his online business has coped with the economic downturn.
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Why Apple's iPhone is Bad for Innovation
At the Supernova Conference in San Francisco, Jonathan Zittrain, a professor at Harvard Law School, talks about the dangers of closed devices, such as ...
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Improving Sales Forecasting
Kim Orumchian, founder and chairman of Right90, explains how better sales forecasting tools can enable salespeople to see further out -- resulting in more ...
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Who Needs Processes?
Robert Gerrish speaks with Craig Reid, "The Process Ninja" on the need for small businesses to streamline processes.
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Amazon CTO: Cloud's Business Advantage
At the Supernova Conference in San Francisco, Amazon's Chief Technology Officer Werner Vogels outlines the benefits of a cloud-based infrastructure. He says Web services ...
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All Things On Demand
Traditional customer relationship management (CRM) systems fall short when it comes to usability, deployment and payment speed. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) 1.0 offers such features, but ...
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Increasing Sales Productivity
In sales, lost time equals lost money. Steve Diamond, senior director of product marketing at Oracle, describes how an easy-to-use on-demand CRM solution can ...
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Delivering a "Wow" Customer Experience
In today's environment, companies can't just compete on price and product. They must also deliver a great customer experience. Rich Caballero, vice president of ...
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How to Improve Customer Service
Your customers and managers have different needs, putting enormous pressure on your service department. Rich Caballero, vice president of product management at Oracle, explains ...
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The Future of... Bus Stops
Tired of wondering when your ride will arrive? BNET correspondent Sumi Das explains how the Eyestop could forever change that waiting game for the ...
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Moving Up the Career Ladder by Going Into a Smaller Business
With 60 employees, homecare products specialist Spotless Punch is no one-man-band. But, for new MD Robin Sharpe, who is used to bigger companies like ...
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Dealing with Office Cliques | Dodging Landmines
When employees become good friends, they can unknowingly make co-workers feel excluded. Tanya Goodwin-Maslach, executive coach at Elevati Inc., explains how managers can confront ...
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Sales Performance Management
Brian Hartlen, vice president of marketing at Varicent Software, says gut feelings are no longer a substitute for solid facts. He explains the difference ...
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Inside the Cookie Business During the Holiday Rush
Too Good Gourmet is a small business preparing Red Velvet cookies for the big holiday rush. The specialty food wholesaler was founded in 1998 by Aimee Watson and Jennifer Finley, a mother-daughter team whose secret ingredient is unique holiday packaging. BNET talks to the entrepreneurs about the challenges of managing a seasonal business and what it takes to ramp up production.
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The Future of... Bus Stops
Tired of wondering when your ride will arrive? BNET correspondent Sumi Das explains how the Eyestop could forever change that waiting game for the better. A mix of smooth steel, clear curved glass and technology, this artful creation from the minds at MIT Media Lab could make your ride a little easier by telling you how many minutes until you can board, the fastest route to your destination and more.
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Are Corporations Acquiring?
At the Always-On Venture Summit Silicon Valley in Menlo Park, Calif., executives from some of the most active acquirers, including Google and Cisco, discuss market valuation and the acquisition outlook in 2010.
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Meeting Don'ts | Leila's House of Corrections
Poorly-run meetings can cause a team to lose focus. Learn how meetings can be a manager's best friend and how to make them more productive.
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Steve Jobs is Back
For the first time in a nearly a year, and five months after undergoing a liver transplant, Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes center stage at the companys 2009 music product launch event. Jobs thanks the Apple community and urges everyone to sign up to become an organ donor.
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Why Apple's iPhone is Bad for Innovation
At the Supernova Conference in San Francisco, Jonathan Zittrain, a professor at Harvard Law School, talks about the dangers of closed devices, such as the iPhone, which cannot be easily modified by anyone except their vendor.
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Present Like Steve Jobs
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is well known for his electrifying presentations. Communications coach Carmine Gallo discusses the various techniques Jobs uses to captivate and inspire his audience techniques that can easily be applied to your next presentation. For more tips on presenting like Jobs, read our Crash Course.
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Overcome Negative Thinking | Dodging Landmines
Is the economy getting you down? Executive coach Barbara Russo offers ways to squash negative thoughts that may be causing you fear and anxiety about your job.
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Why Email Starts Fights!
Only 7 percent of what we say is conveyed through words -- tone and visual cues make up the other 93 percent. This is why emails are so often misunderstood. Ed Muzio of Group Harmonics suggests using email only when you should: to convey facts and data, and when no emotion or sensitive issues are involved.
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Improving Sales Forecasting
Kim Orumchian, founder and chairman of Right90, explains how better sales forecasting tools can enable salespeople to see further out -- resulting in more closed deals.
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Dealing with Office Cliques | Dodging Landmines
When employees become good friends, they can unknowingly make co-workers feel excluded. Tanya Goodwin-Maslach, executive coach at Elevati Inc., explains how managers can confront office cliques with sensitivity.
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How to Improve Customer Service
Your customers and managers have different needs, putting enormous pressure on your service department. Rich Caballero, vice president of product management at Oracle, explains how a good customer relationship management tool can please customers, while saving the company time and money.
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How to Get Promoted in Tough Times | Dodging Landmines
A lot of us have been so focused on keeping our jobs during this downturn that it may feel awkward to ask for a promotion. Kate Sharon, vice president of Alliance Leadership, offers advice on how to move up in lean times.
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Start-Up Builds Cleaner, Safer Toys
Looking to buy a 'green' toy for the holidays? San Francisco-based Green Toys manufactures its products using recycled milk containers. The safe plastic material is called high-density polyethylene and it's free from suspect chemicals you might find in other children's toys. BNET talks to the co-founders about their business plan, innovative packaging concept, and how the company is reducing its carbon footprint by making its toys in the United States.
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Optimizing Flower Delivery In A Small Business
A typical day at Hoogasian Flowers starts early in the morning with as many as fifty calls and Internet requests coming in at one time. Correspondent Sumi Das meets up with the store's owner Harold Hoogasian, right before Valentine's Day and talks to the small business entrepreneur about how he's using IT to help him coordinate production and optimize the fulfillment process during the peak periods.
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Avoiding the Guesswork with a Build to Order Business
While the retail industry is stocking up for the holiday rush and the fashion industry is busy making predictions for next years trends, Rickshaw Bags isnt concerned with either. Thats because they make their bags to order a zero inventory model that sets Rickshaw apart from its competitors.
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Prioritizing |Leila’s House of Corrections
Face it, youll never be completely caught up. Instead you need to prioritize. Learn how to manage work emails more effectivelyby opening them only once and keeping personal email separate. If you have questions or suggestions for future video topics, Leila wants to hear from you.
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Stop the Drama and Do the Work
Workplace conflicts that turn into melodramas can hurt productivity and team morale. Ed Muzio, president and CEO of Group Harmonics, explains how such conflicts play out and how to resolve them, so everyone can get back to work.
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Email Missteps | Leila's House of Corrections
Email has become the de facto way to communicate in the workplace. However, it is often overused and misused. Watch out for these missteps before hitting the send button.
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Ahmed Rahim, Numi Tea |Confessions of an Entrepreneur
How do you turn a cup of tea into a multimillion dollar business? Host Sydnie Kohara sits down with Numi Tea Founder and CEO, Ahmed Rahim, as he shares the challenges of stepping into and growing within an already oversaturated tea industry. Rahim also confides how he has learned to be a better leader by listening to and trusting his staff.
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