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Post by minerva on Jul 4, 2013 10:27:57 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Listen To Everyone But Don't Take Advice From Just Anybody
It is good to be willing to listen to people, but you should always trust your own instinct on deciding your business decisions. If you are the owner, only you can decide what the right decision is for your company and its future. If you’re new to the business and you have friends or family that have been in the business, they can provide you with useful information on your business, but you should pick and choose what to shadow. I agree with the article that, “experience is the best teacher”.
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Post by lydell on Jul 16, 2013 20:25:10 GMT -6
Listening to other people may be good at times because you can get some great ideas or thoughts out of it but it’s not so good to always take their advice.This helps me to see if my decision is the best decision and if it isn't then it's time for me to go back to the drawing board.Many times you will know more about your business than anyone else, so don't second guess yourself because someone else believes they know better.
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Post by briandavis1 on Jul 22, 2013 19:14:04 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Listen To Everyone But Don't Take Advice From Just Anybody
ADvice is great for anyone, but some advice is not the best advice. Advice about quiting or giving up is bad advice. this advice is going to kill your motivation and dreams. Advice should be taken from those whom you deem worthy to give it to you. That means you should take advice from people you respect and that would not lead you in the wrong direction.
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Post by csummers on Jul 22, 2013 23:21:00 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Listen To Everyone But Don't Take Advice From Just Anybody
Advice is a dime a dozen, and Bomgar is right. You have to sort through the crap to get to the precious information. Take all advice you get, and absorb it, but experience is priceless. Also, one has to take who the advice comes from into account as well. I would not trust advice from my mother when it comes to running a business, but I would take her advice on streamlining duties within an organization, as that is part of her job as the executive administrative assistant for her firm. On another front, I would not give advice on human resources practices, as that is not my forte’, but I would freely give advice on how to tame budget woes within governmental or non-profit organizations, as my career revolves around this knowledge.
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Post by meganbahm91 on Jul 25, 2013 9:35:27 GMT -6
Do not take advice from everyone but be in tuned what everyone is telling you. A lot of people like to put in their options, but they may not always be wanted. Just listen to what they have to say. You cannot take everyone’s advice. Just take the advice that is needed to run your business. It is your business, run it the way you want it ran.
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Post by cmbrogan on Jul 25, 2013 11:21:03 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Turn Your Community And Your Clients Into Stakeholders
I think that this is a obvious idea. Once you create a database of your community stakeholders who support you, it should be easy advertisement. Further, I think the quote from the article sums it up best: "Make your community and clients stakeholders in your operation. And try to stay true to the things that motivated you in the beginning to start your business. If you are true and sincere in that, your audience will remember and reward you."
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Post by ahrield on Jul 25, 2013 15:10:00 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Listen To Everyone But Don't Take Advice From Just Anybody
I feel like the title of this article speaks for itself, I do believe that it's good to get advice from others but it is very important to be selective about who you actually take advice from. This could be the beginning and or ending of something that could have been great.
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Post by brianbrewer on Jul 26, 2013 9:39:16 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Think Smaller Than Your Competitors
This article takes an interesting approach on how to better your business and make it more competitive. I think that big picture ideas like growing, stealing market share, selling "x" number of products are good for an overall strategy, but it is absolutely necessary to involve smaller thinking views as well. Simplifying products and services can give a company the upper hand and in turn the strategic goals will follow.
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Post by grober86 on Jul 28, 2013 14:30:09 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Listen To Everyone But Don't Take Advice From Just Anybody
It always best to listen to everyone because you never know what might me be good advice. Though you got to trust you intuition and gut feeling on what advice you will adhere to. People have so many different viewpoints and thought you might not agree with everything, taking bit a pieces of the advice could be beneficial to you, but always go with what you believe in your heart is the best course of action
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Post by tylerstroble on Jul 29, 2013 3:19:18 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Think Smaller Than Your Competitors
Sometimes the best way to improve a product is to strip it down. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Sometimes the best ways to do something are the simplest. Make sure you have a simple idea that will be useful to small and big businesses alike.
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Post by robertnicholson on Jul 29, 2013 11:31:13 GMT -6
This post talks about how advice from already successful people can be beneficial but at one point you’re going to have to make up your own decisions. I like at the end where he says “"You'd be surprised how much advice you can get for the price of a lunch. You should soak it up, but it's important to realize you can only take so much advice." I’ve used that a few times to soak up some information. If you’re lucky and the person is successful they might even buy you the lunch. A lot of times they just enjoy being listened too.
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Post by amberw on Jul 30, 2013 9:09:22 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Think Smaller Than Your Competitors
I agree with this article. People constantly love to give advice whether you ask for it or not. Advice is sometimes the truth, but is more likely just someone's opinion. If you take the wrong advice from someone's opinion it could really hurt your business. You should be sure that the persons advice you are taking is extremely experienced in the topic you are getting advice for.
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Post by tdodge21 on Jul 30, 2013 10:46:21 GMT -6
This is a great article letting one know to not take advice from everyone. There is good advice out there but it is up to the listener to decide which advice to take. This is extremely important due to the fact that someone can get overloaded with advice about the same subject that is completely different. Asking for advice from a bunch of people is a smart thing to do as long as you can tell which advice is the best and which advice you would like to carry forward with.
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Post by heatherlaurent on Sept 2, 2013 8:14:26 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Think Smaller Than Your Competitors
As the former CEO of Apple stated, "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication". It is what makes a good company, great. When a product is complex, the average consumer is going to be frustrated. If there are two products that have all the same features: hardware and software, yet one is easier to use, the one that is more simplistic is going to be more successful.
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Post by chrmichall on Sept 3, 2013 12:00:21 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Turn Your Community And Your Clients Into Stakeholders
This link of the day talks about staying true to your idea. You should never stray away form your key goal. The link also talks about being active and making connections in your community. It is very important that you can get a lot of people to surround your idea. The more people backing it the chances are increased in success. You must be very enthused about your idea so that when you tell others about it the will become like you and can not wait to see your project. When making a idea you must be one-hundred percent behind it and be will to do anything make it public.
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