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		<title>Predicting the next Disruptive Innovation</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2009/11/06/predicting-the-next-disruptive-innovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In The Perils Of Extrapolation: Who Knows What The Next Disruptive Innovation Will Be Mike Masnick points out how important it is for an entrepreneur to be able to respond to changes. If you can accurately predict the next big innovation its easier for you to respond to change or even be first to market. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where to Start?  Always Start With Customers!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently taught a short introduction to Predictive Innovation&#174; class for a group of design students at Eastern Michigan University (EMU). One of the students listed his biggest problem as, &#8220;not knowing where to start.&#8221; He had a product idea and hundreds of ways to approach it but he didn&#8217;t know how to begin to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative to Closing for Legendary Greek Restaurant</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 80 year old owner of Detroit&#8217;s oldest Greek restaurant New Hellas Cafe, Gus Anton, is shutting the business down claiming he needs the rest and can&#8217;t keep up with it any more. Surely he deserves to retire after 57 years of running the business his father started in 1901. Unfortunately shutting the business down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strange Intersections</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I run across someone in a different situation than how I knew them I&#8217;m not too surprised. The people I hang around have wide interests and tend to get around. But I had to laugh when I saw that Pirate Bay is hoping to buy Sealand. If you read my blog you know my [...]]]></description>
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