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Focus on Your Weaknesses?
This is a guest post by Jeff Proctor. Jeff just joined the MBM Team. He is interested in understanding the drivers of entrepreneurship in both the market and the firm. Two recent articles highlight the...
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Do You Work for an Exoskeleton?
This is a guest post by Peter Somerville. Peter is an alumnus of an MBM training program. If you are interested in working as Peter’s robotic arm, please submit a comment with your current maximum...
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Another Take on Exoskeleton Organizations
This is a guest post by Chuck Long. Chuck is an alumnus of an MBM training program. He has no aspirations to work as Peter’s robotic arm and sides with Fela Kuti enthusiasts who insist that Music is...
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Ignoring Profit?
Scott submitted an interesting article for us to discuss (see previous post here). The title of the article is “Jobs made Apple great by ignoring profit.” Below are a few quotes to help focus...
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Toaster Tales: The Knowledge Problem
Before you watch the video below, take a moment to consider some quotes about knowledge. “Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking...
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You Gotta Grind
During a search for a non-blogging purpose, I stumbled upon this clip called “You Gotta Grind.” Take a look and let me know in the comments what you think about some of the principles of innovation...
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Maslow and Measurement
The talk is called “Measuring What Makes Life Worthwhile.” It gets a little bogged down in the middle, but the last three minutes surprised me and were worth the wait. I think Abraham Maslow would have...
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The Law
I know many of you have read parts of Frederic Bastiat’s The Law. Perhaps one of his most famous observations from this book is the concept of legal plunder (or what some of you may have heard...
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Blog Notes
Here are a couple of specific notes about the care and upkeep of this blog. I’ll be taking a vacation this week with little or no access to the Internet. If you leave comments that require moderation,...
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Independence Day
Happy 4th of July to those of you who celebrate the adoption of the US Declaration of Independence. I’m reminded of how US founding was viewed in Europe whenever I read parts of Alexis de Tocqueville’s...
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