May 2012

The Role of Marketing

by Heather Hughes on May 31, 2012

How Thinking Like an Owner Sets You Free “The role of marketing is ambiguous.” Say what? How could this be so! The statement is one of three explanations for why CMOs struggle to measure marketing’s impact in this Forrester white paper. Shouldn’t it be clear by now, especially after the dot-com bust and the 2008 […]

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Who Says Your First True Love Can’t be Your Last? I recently noticed one of those presumptuous Tiffany ads, “When Love is True”, telling the soon to be betrothed that if their love is genuine then they’d better have a Tiffany ring to prove it. Part of me finds this brilliant; part of me gets […]

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Grow America Entrepreneurs Start Up Something Big

by Heather Hughes on May 24, 2012

The Grow America Springboard event was held May 20, 2012 at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City. The contest started weeks prior with more than 1,000 entrants. After two rounds of judging 100 “finalists” pitched on Monday and then were whittled down to 12 contenders who pitched on the big stage to Skull Candy […]

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Mets vs. Yankees: The Winning Mindset, or Lack Thereof

May 17, 2012

It takes a winning mindset to win. Seems obvious, right? Season after season, the Yankees are expected to win. And win they do, 27 times so far to be exact – more than any other sports franchise in history. Their most recent win was in 2009. When they don’t make it to the World Series, […]

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Five Contradictions of the Successful Business Leader and Entrepreneur

May 15, 2012

I have worked for some amazing business leaders who won (and are still winning!) in the marketplace because of smarts, determination and integrity. The last twenty years have been good to me because of their generosity. I’ve learned much along the way from these entrepreneurs of integrity. Here are five pairs of their seemingly contradictory […]

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