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		<title>One man and a pile of junk ends poverty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Orismar de Souza, a homeless man in Brazil, built a car using junk, spare parts and a hammer and chisel. Four years later, the &#8220;shrimpmobile&#8221; has him back on his feet. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42329229/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/ This story mirrors the story of my great grandfather, James Dodd. He had worked as a coal miner since he was 8 years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to hire the best people and why its harder to find them in a downturn</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In &#8220;Why hiring is paradoxically harder in a downturn&#8221; it was pointed out that A players can be 10 times more productive than C players. That big a difference can&#8217;t be from just being better. A players are much more productive because they do things differently. You can&#8217;t be 10 times more productive by working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evangelism Marketing Workshop</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>What Makes an Innovation System Complete?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Innovation is more than creativity, it requires 7 steps and each step must satisfy 7 criteria. This video introduces the steps and criteria. In future posts I&#8217;ll explore some of the steps and criteria. For a free 19 page report detailing the criteria contact me and ask for, &#8220;What Makes an Innovation System Complete&#8221;. Related [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$1000 Rechargeable Cordless Razor. How Much Are You Worth?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I told you I bought a $1000 rechargeable cordless razor you would probably say I was nuts. There was a time when I would have said so as well. And no, I never paid $1000 for a razor. But I did discover just how valuable such small items can be. When I was a [...]]]></description>
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