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		<title>Solution to AT&amp;T Greed, and other corporations as well.</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2011/03/21/solution-to-att-greed-and-other-corporations-as-well/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AT&#038;T is going to force customers who already pay for voice and data to pay to connect devices to their iPhones which they were able to do using free software. AT&#038;T is not providing any new service, they are just double charging already paying customers. They can do that because there really isn&#8217;t any competition. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Product Too Expensive? How to calculate price and cost.</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2010/08/12/is-your-product-too-expensive-how-to-calculate-price-and-cost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[flying cars]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Your Product Too Expensive? View more webinars from Mark Proffitt. How to price your products to maximize demand and profit and create a strong business strategy using the Predictive Innovation&#174; with Flying Cars as an example]]></description>
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		<title>Reducing Business Risk: Predictive Innovation&#174;</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2010/01/17/reducing-business-risk-predictive-innovation-method/</link>
		<comments>http://markproffitt.com/2010/01/17/reducing-business-risk-predictive-innovation-method/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternatives matrix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blue ocean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation quotient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market research]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every investor is concerned about risk. How do you accurately assess the risk of an innovation investment? Can you calculate an Innovation Quotient to measure it? How do you control your exposure to the risk? Can you reduce your risk and still maintain desirable profits? Yes, with the Predictive Innovation&#174;. All traditional methods of risk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Predicting the Next Disruptive Innovation</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2009/11/06/predicting-the-next-disruptive-innovation/</link>
		<comments>http://markproffitt.com/2009/11/06/predicting-the-next-disruptive-innovation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prediction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abundance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entrepreneur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forecasting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[future]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[trend analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[triz]]></category>
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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>Abundance Based Intellectual Property System</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2009/11/03/abundance-based-intellectual-property-system/</link>
		<comments>http://markproffitt.com/2009/11/03/abundance-based-intellectual-property-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abundance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intellectual Property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[patents]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://markproffitt.com/?p=467</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The intended purpose of intellectual property laws is to promote discovery and encourage sharing of ideas. A system that rewards great discoveries and also makes the realization of the ideas available to as many people as cheaply as possible is the ideal system. Using the concepts of Abundance that system can be achieved. The patent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to secure the IP created from a focus group?</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2009/03/04/how-to-secure-the-ip-created-from-a-focus-group/</link>
		<comments>http://markproffitt.com/2009/03/04/how-to-secure-the-ip-created-from-a-focus-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intellectual Property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Schneier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business models]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business value]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copy cat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feed back loops]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[incentives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-disclosure agreements]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.markproffitt.com/?p=362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Securing intellectual property is a tricky problem. The growing trend towards open innovation methods makes it even more confusing. In reality what you&#8217;re trying to achieve is securing the value you can gather from the intellectual property. Noted security expert Bruce Schneier points out that the best security is in layers and intelligently handles failures. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overview of the Predictive Innovation&#174;</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2009/02/27/overview-of-the-predictive-innovation-method/</link>
		<comments>http://markproffitt.com/2009/02/27/overview-of-the-predictive-innovation-method/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation system]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.markproffitt.com/?p=358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Predictive Innovation&#174; Overview View more presentations from MarkProffitt. (tags: reduce risk)]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis of Innovation at Google</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2009/02/19/analysis-of-innovation-at-google/</link>
		<comments>http://markproffitt.com/2009/02/19/analysis-of-innovation-at-google/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Agile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[douglas merrill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[larry page]]></category>
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		<title>Google May Harm Your Computer,  Search Engine Black Swan</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2009/01/31/googlemayharmyourcomputerpng/</link>
		<comments>http://markproffitt.com/2009/01/31/googlemayharmyourcomputerpng/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google bug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.markproffitt.com/?p=318</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today every page you find on Google says &#8220;This page may harm your computer&#8221; I&#8217;m guessing a very small error in the system that checks web pages has a bug from a recent change and is causing this error. Such a small error can have very big impacts. Imagine how many sites are not receiving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who will pay for Frozen Food Innovation?</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2008/12/28/who-will-pay-for-frozen-food-innovation/</link>
		<comments>http://markproffitt.com/2008/12/28/who-will-pay-for-frozen-food-innovation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business strategey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[increasing profits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reducing risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[return on investment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.markproffitt.com/?p=206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When looking for prospective clients I ask the question, “how many direct innovations are available?” I personally prefer indirect innovations but it&#8217;s much easier for new clients to understand and accept direct ones. This makes my value to the client more apparent so they are happy. So I recently came across contact information for an [...]]]></description>
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