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Harsh Economics: Invest in Growth at a Reasonable Price (GARP)

by Zack Miller on June 16, 2009

This post of mine was published recently on American Express’s OPEN Forum.  I’ve reproduced it here for my readers. ************************************* Tough Times Harsh times provide opportunities. Our current economic distress has dislodged entire industries. The legal profession in is the midst of a soul-search that will end up with a lot fewer partners and associates [...]

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Triage Customer Service: Treat your Customers Like You Would a Sprained Ankle

by Zack Miller on April 14, 2009

Overview of the Financial Advisory Business The current financial crisis has small business owners scrambling to bring in new customers and batting down the hatches to protect their existing client bases.  Nowhere is this more acute than in the financial advisory business — ground zero for the current financial crisis.  Advisors make money in 3 [...]

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New Rules of Investing included in final version of Dell's Digital Nomads Whitepaper

by Zack Miller on March 15, 2009

I’ve mentioned before on these pages about my participation in Dell Computer’s Digital Nomads project.  I’ve written on a few topics on Digital Nomad issues including small business contingency planning, using Sales 2.0 to expand sales, and the work/life balance or continuum. Much of this work has been edited into a cohesive whitepaper on the [...]

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Pushing the envelope of completely losing yourself to your work

by Zack Miller on January 21, 2009

This article originally appeared on Dell’s Digital Nomads site. Are you coming to dinner?” my wife asks after a long day for both of us.  Do I power down and hope to finish writing my report after she’s asleep and risk losing myself to sleep? Or, do I ask for another 30 minutes to complete [...]

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The Digital Nomad's Lot: Getting through the Data Smog

by Zack Miller on December 11, 2008

We’ve got plenty of collaborative technologies to empower remote teams.  Some of these technologies function as beefed-up intranets while others offer more targeted functionality.  While I’m not a luddite, I do think that in the case of keeping digital nomads connected, we have an abundance of technology.  The most pressing issue is preparing our teams [...]

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Displacing Corporate Overhead Onto The Digital Nomad

by Zack Miller on November 12, 2008

As first appeared in Dell’s launch of the first-ever crowdsourced whitepaper: This may not sounds politically correct but much of what we’ve experienced in this era of portable workers is while it’s great to talk about productivity and satisfaction from the employee’s point of view, much of the ROI for the business comes from lowering [...]

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