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		<title>Feedback Loops</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/07/feedback-loops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everything harkens back to communication.  So many times I&#8217;ve been presented with challenges, be it risk, strategy, human resources, or any number of other topics, and the solution frequently boiled down to communications, or more specifically, the lack thereof.  I recently found myself thinking about work, and the lessons around communication that could be applied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women in Start Ups (notes from recent SD Forum Panel)</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/03/women-in-start-ups-notes-from-recent-sd-forum-panel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week I attended a great panel sponsored by SD Forum, in Palo Alto.   All the participants were former entrepreneurs.  As you may have surmised based on my description of the panel, the panel focused on what steps women entrepreneurs can take to increase the attractiveness of their ventures to investors and to find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Women Entrepreneurs Matter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been very busy lately, and consequently lagging on my writing.  I have several drafts that are taking more time to come together than anticipated.  That being said, a distraction for me is staying current on some great conversations around entrepreneurs.  This post came across my desk, and I thought it should be shared.  Maria [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Branding, Why it Matters</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/01/social-branding-why-it-matters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/?p=581</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw this great post on the blog called Conversation Agent &#8211; &#8220;7 Keys to Social Branding&#8221;.  The post struck me because I thought it full of common sense.  Not everyone understands or appreciates social branding or social media, but what the author, Tamsen McMahon, talks about is helping the customer understand your company, and this could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ideas for Investor Presentations</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2009/11/ideas-for-investor-presentations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/?p=442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[KISS plays an important role (Keep It Simple Stupid) You do not need many slides and they should be to the point.  These slides will probably not fall into place but result from a lot of sweat and tears to get them down to their core message.  This may be challenging as everyone is excited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts from Angel Investors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended ASTIA&#8217;s Doing It Right last week in the role of advisor.  One panel, I sat in on featured several Angel Investors, and I wanted to pass along their advise and comments. The panel included Sam Angus: Fenwick &#38; West (Moderator) JoAnne Miller &#8211; Golden Seeds Ann Nigam &#8211; Sand Hill Angles Sue Preston [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accelerating Innovation: People, Processes, and Technology</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2009/09/accelerating-innovation-people-processes-and-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2009/09/accelerating-innovation-people-processes-and-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Key note speech by Jack Shaw, President of Intelligent Healthcare Technologies on accelerating innovation.  Thoughtful and thought provoking speech, but be prepared, its over an hour. &#169;2010 Sagacious Think. All Rights Reserved.. &#169; admin for Sagacious Think, 2009. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us Post tags: corporate culture, corporate decision making, employees, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Companies on the Rebound &#8211; Planning for Success</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2009/08/companies-on-the-rebound-planning-for-success/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2009/08/companies-on-the-rebound-planning-for-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the economy starting to grow once again, companies that want to position themselves for success need to have an edge on the competition.  To do so, they need be plan for growth. Some ideas to consider: Invest in New Technology &#8211; Have the new technology in place to streamline process and add customers with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Risk Aversion and Lessons Learned</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2009/07/risk-aversion-and-lessons-learned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/?p=195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I grew up in the Midwest, tornado country and we always had a plan, at school we trained by getting in the hall way, moving away from windows and making ourselves as small as possible.  At home we knew where the candles, and emergency supplies were kept and the safest room in the house.  Living [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SBA&#8217;s State of the Economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2009/07/sbas-state-of-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2009/07/sbas-state-of-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Small Business Administration (SBA) just released their report to the President on the state of the small business economy - Topics include, in no specific order: employer firms and employment by firm size and industry business turnover by State and select territories macroeconomic indicators common stock IPO offerings link between internal finance and small [...]]]></description>
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