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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[entrepreneurship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[artificial scarcity]]></category>
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		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[idea space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incentives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-disclosure agreements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outcome Based Innovation]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[market research]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[presentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[product development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reduce risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slideshare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what customers want]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.markproffitt.com/?p=358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Predictive Innovation&#174; Overview View more presentations from MarkProffitt. (tags: reduce risk) Be Sociable, Share! Tweet]]></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[apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[douglas merrill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[larry page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market research]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[university of michigan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Be Sociable, Share! Tweet]]></description>
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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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		<title>Thailand Traffic Innovation</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2008/11/10/thailand-traffic-innovation/</link>
		<comments>http://markproffitt.com/2008/11/10/thailand-traffic-innovation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abundance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Problem Solving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bangkok]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distributed systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incremental investments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moped]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motocycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thailand]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.markproffitt.com/?p=187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the last 3 weeks I&#8217;ve been in Thailand. As I always do I look for innovations or different approaches to innovation. Thailand is a very decentralized nation. This seems to contradict the extreme nationalism but things here don&#8217;t get done on a centralized basis. The bulk of activity happens at the personal and family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How are Predictive Innovation&#174; and Evangelism Marketing related?</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2008/04/23/how-are-predictive-innovation-and-evangelism-marketing-related/</link>
		<comments>http://markproffitt.com/2008/04/23/how-are-predictive-innovation-and-evangelism-marketing-related/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abundance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sharing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attention]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[evangelism marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[peer-to-peer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[society]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The world business environment has fundamentally changed Customers can now both find and filter information to get what they want. This means traditional interrupt based advertisement is losing its effectiveness. At the same time customers can search the entire world for exactly what they want. Technology is also making it possible for customers to easily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evangelism Marketing Workshop</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2008/04/17/evangelism-marketing-workshop/</link>
		<comments>http://markproffitt.com/2008/04/17/evangelism-marketing-workshop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[evangelism marketing class]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sales class]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Boardwalk Creative Center in Ann Arbor, MI, &#8220;Michigan&#8217;s most creative meeting space&#8221; will host my next hands-on Evangelism Marketing Workshop. I&#8217;ll show you how to &#8220;Make your customers so happy they freely sell your products for you.&#8221; This is way beyond Word-Of-Mouth and Viral. The methods I teach will show you how to create, [...]]]></description>
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