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The Worst Keynote Ever???
- October 23, 2014
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Business Tips, Speaker Tips
No CommentsIf you’ve ever met me you know I am an Apple diehard. I’ve drank the apple juice and proudly serve their cult. So this rant might seem too easy to discard as just an Apple devotee hating on yet another Windows tragedy… and don’t worry, it will be filled with plenty of sardonic comments about
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Elon Musk Does it Again with Another Collaboration
- August 19, 2014
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog, Business Tips
Many thought Elon Musk of Tesla was crazy when he released all the patents to his Tesla electric car a few months back. Why would someone release such trade secrets and encourage his competition to copy his innovation? Perhaps his latest collaboration tells us why. Tesla just announced it will be working with Panasonic to
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Apple & IBM Bury the Hatchet in the Collaboration Economy
- July 16, 2014
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog, Business Tips
If you need any further proof that the information age is dead and the collaboration age is now in full swing, bitter rivals Apple Inc, and IBM have announced that they are going to be collaborating to create approximately 100 business apps for the iPhone and iPad. The goal is to sell more iPhones and
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5 ‘Must Haves’ When Pitching for a Joint Venture Partnership
- July 9, 2014
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog, Business Tips, Life as a Professional Speaker
1. Keep it Quick – Eliminate any unnecessary information that just wastes the investors time. Don’t ramble on an on about your past, your marriage, your financial situation in life, and any other irrelevant information. None of that has anything to do with an investor deciding to explore a Joint Venture opportunity with you. If
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How to Make a Successful Pitch to JV Partners
- July 3, 2014
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog, Business Tips
About a week ago I received an absurdly long email from someone asking me to be a Joint Venture Parter with him to endorse his training programs. My reply to his email began like this: “I’ll cut to the chase and respectfully decline your offer.” I then gave him 3 ways how he could make
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More Companies to Follow Tesla Motors into The Collaboration Economy
- June 16, 2014
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog
Tesla Motors announced yesterday it has opened its patent portfolio in hopes of encouraging other companies to create new electric vehicles. In a blog post, CEO Elon Musk said this was done “In the spirit of the open source movement, for the advancement of electric vehicle technology.” Musk also said that many patents tend to
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AT&T Buyout of DirectTV is a Disaster in the Making
- May 13, 2014
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog
According to Reuters, Mega Telecom company AT&T is looking at buying DirecTV for $50 million. You are going to see a lot of these mega mergers happening in the next 5 years. Why? Because outdated business models who have made billions during the information age are struggling to maintain marketshare, and their mentality is “do
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Dr. Dre and Apple – Lessons about Collaboration
- May 11, 2014
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog, Business Tips
Well you can’t log on to any site right now without seeing some news about the confirmed, but still not really confirmed collaboration between Apple Inc. and Dr. Dre‘s Beats Electronics. A partnership, that would make Dr. Dre the wealthiest hip-hop artist in history, and most likely, based on his entrepreneurial savvy, the first hip-hop
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You are Special… Just not THAT Special
- April 18, 2014
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog, Business Tips
In the Key Person of Influence Growth Accelerator, I get the privilege of working with successful entrepreneurs, all from different industries. Some are professional speakers, others freak out at the idea of getting up in front of people and presenting. So this blog isn’t limited to just the business of speaking, it is relevant to
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Does Your Business Smell Like a Dirty Old Cab?
- April 10, 2014
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog
Welcome to a new age of doing business. The information age started dying in 2010 and it’s finally kicked the bucket for good. Why does that matter? Because we as a society always place value on the our current age: In the Agricultural Age farmers were the wealthiest people around. During the Manufacturing Age factory