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The Five Health Care Trends Every SAM Needs to Know

Strategic Account Management Association

Back in 2009-2010, the architects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) assumed that integrated delivery networks were the answer to health care’s affordability problem. Early in 2020, many health care organizations were already leveraging AI to improve decision making and automate difficult or tedious tasks. Where are we now?

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14 Pro Tips for Running a Successful Business

Hubspot Sales

We're losing more than we're gaining for the first time since those statistics have been tracked, and the crossover coincided with the recession of 2007-2009. Census Bureau, the overall number of business applications began to recover in late 2009 and has been trending up for the past ten years. Make a plan. Source: Capterra.

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The Blue Ocean Strategy Summary (With 4 Examples)

ClearPoint Strategy

In short, avoid head-to-head competition and focus on innovation. Instead, your aim is to redraw industry boundaries and operate within that new space, making the competition immaterial. This is termed “value innovation.”. Companies should instead look for new market space and ways to reinvent the industry.

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The 15 Best Crowdfunding Sites to Launch Your Business or Product

Hubspot Sales

Since their launch in 2009, the company has helped 15 million people pledge $3.7 Indiegogo offers both live crowdfunding campaigns and a marketplace for innovative products. Here are the guidelines for what makes a fundable experiment. And all donors are encouraged to make a small donation to Chuffed on top of that.

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Stop Dreaming, Start Succeeding: 10 Motivating Stories from Top Salespeople

Hubspot Sales

Now, his businesses make millions of dollars each year. To make ends meet, DeJoria lived in his car. The business was profitable within months -- thanks in large part to Mary Kay’s decision to give her sales reps commission for referring new salespeople. John himself is worth $300 million. John Paul DeJoria. Zig Ziglar.

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Agree on a Set of Alliance Core Values and Operating Principles

Peter Simoons

Suppose your principles include a notice that decision-making will be done quickly and your company has a startup mentality, then “quickly” can mean as fast as between here and the elevator during the next hallway walk.

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Book review – Managing Brands

Red Star Kim

Brands have attributes, values and personality – customers will perceive or make associations with a brand that can be positive or negative. Google ZMOT (Zero Moment of Truth) describes this less as a journey and more as a flight map: Zero moment of truth (ZMOT) decision-making moment – Think with Google.