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Tucker Blair and the Duke MBA

September 18th, 2009by Taylor Llewellyn · No Comments · Entrepreneurship

Growing up, both of my parents ran their own businesses. This upbringing shaped my entrepreneurial spirit from an early age.  So much so that it’s always amazing to me that so many people feel like they can’t run their own businesses, or are surprised to hear that not everyone works for a large corporation. 
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Managerial Effectiveness, You Tease!

September 14th, 2009by Randy Zwitch · No Comments · Semester 1, Strategy

I read the Proctor & Gamble case study this evening for Managerial Effectiveness. Even though the write-up isn’t due for another 10 days (Team 6 on the ball!), after a full day’s work AND cutting the grass, I felt it was better to read an ME case study than try and make sense of Accounting [...]

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Crowdsourced or Elite Unit Innovation? (Link)

September 10th, 2009by Randy Zwitch · 2 Comments · Strategy

I read a great blog post today from a man named Hutch Carpenter, who wrote about sustaining innovation and discontinuous innovation and the effect it has on different types of organizations.  It also discusses two types of business models to deal with innovation:  Integrated and Separate.
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