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		<title>Crowdsourcing starts to clear away corporate cobwebs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Joe McKendrick Since it entered the popular imagination, crowdsourcing has been seen as an approach for bringing in ideas from the world outside corporate walls. Now, crowdsourcing is becoming a mainstream business practice, and in many cases, it’s unfolding as an internal activity targeted at bringing employees into the business decision-making process. Strategic planning <a href='http://www.dr-smith.info/crowdsourcing-starts-clear-corporate-cobwebs/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kauffman Foundation Report on the VC Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 15:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The report, &#8220;We Have Met the Enemy … And He is Us,&#8221; is based on a comprehensive analysis of the Kauffman Foundation&#8217;s more than 20 years of experience investing in nearly 100 VC funds. It illustrates a persistent pattern of inflated early returns in funds that may be used to raise subsequent funds and shows <a href='http://www.dr-smith.info/kauffman-foundation-report-vc-industry/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bank of America Shareholders Protest, but Approve Pay</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 19:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Despite noisy protests inside and outside Bank of America’s annual meeting here Wednesday, shareholders signed off on the $7 million 2011 pay package for the chief executive, Brian T. Moynihan. The company said 92 percent of shareholders voted in favor of the proposal, a so-called “say on pay” <a href='http://www.dr-smith.info/bank-america-shareholders-protest-approve-pay/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>14 Lessons From Benjamin Franklin About Getting What You Want In Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 15:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Benjamin Franklin was a man of action. Over his lifetime, his curiosity and passion fueled a diverse range of interests. He was a writer (often using a pseudonym), publisher, diplomat, inventor and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. His inventions included the lightning rod, bifocals and the Franklin stove. Franklin was responsible <a href='http://www.dr-smith.info/14-lessons-benjamin-franklin-life/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to build a billion-dollar start-up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Value propositions solve a problem or fulfill a human social need The quickest way to create a billion-dollar company is to take basic human social needs and figure out how to mediate them online. (Look at the first wave of the Web/mobile/cloud start-ups that have done just that: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Match.com, Pandora, Zynga, WordPress, <a href='http://www.dr-smith.info/build-billion-dollar-start-up/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding avoidance &#8211; fighting the barnacles</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some time ago I wrote an article about avoidance. Crossing the Boundary – Surviving the Experience I started out this way: It’s seldom the dog that you love that bites you it’s almost always the one you can barely tolerate. In my coaching practice, I regularly encounter clients who are avoiding the dogs that they <a href='http://www.dr-smith.info/avoiding-avoidance-fighting-barnacles/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Suster Brad Feld visited Los Angeles this past week. I always enjoy spending time with Brad as the antidote to the echo chamber. He is a unique human being with original thoughts &#38; ideas and very limited concern for having to fit into other people’s narratives. And I’ve always remembered a quote from <a href='http://www.dr-smith.info/thoughts-branding-startups-communities/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Should Think Twice Before You Send That Intro Email</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Suster Intros. They’re the lifeblood of networking – the currency of mavens. They are your route to angel money. Your entrée to sales meetings. We couldn’t live without them. But when misused, overused or abused they can diminish your personal brand, consume your valuable time and waste time of the relationships you value <a href='http://www.dr-smith.info/send-intro-email/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Venture capital deals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kinnser Software, an Austin, Texas-based provider of online software solutions for the home health industry, has raised $40 million in Series A funding from Insight Venture Partners. www.kinnser.com ThreatMetrix, a San Jose, Calif.-based provider of cybercrime prevention solutions, has raised $18 million in Series D funding. August Capital led the round, and was joined by return backers Tenaya Capital, <a href='http://www.dr-smith.info/venture-capital-deals/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Solutions companies Infinity Pharmaceutics, NanoVobronix and Selventa raise funds.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has now been quite a long time since the IT and cloud systems have started to be quite successful on the venture capital market. It is true that, for a while, they have been more important than any other activity field, even the health care one. But the new trend on the market now <a href='http://www.dr-smith.info/health-care-solutions-companies-infinity-pharmaceutics-nanovobronix-selventa-raise-funds/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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