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		<title>How YouTube and Facebook are Killing Innovation and Success</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2012/01/06/how-youtube-and-facebook-are-killing-innovation-and-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We've all heard the stories. The twenty-first century equivalents of Daniel Boone, Paul Bunyon and Paul Revere. Amazing and larger than life. First, there's YouTube. And then there's Facebook, as "documented" in the film "The Social Network."]]></description>
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		<title>A Simple New Year&#8217;s Resolution for a More Successful 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2011/11/29/a-simple-new-years-resolution-for-a-more-successful-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We've all done it. We aim high and mean well but end up not reaching our own expectations. Sometimes it's frustrating being human. Yet there's got to be a better way. And there is!]]></description>
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		<title>Betting the Farm on Natural and Organic Foods</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2011/02/25/betting-the-farm-on-natural-and-organic-foods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Zen Management Makes Millions&#8221; by Lee Lusardi Connor (NYReport.com, 1 February 2011). Truth be told, I still do quite a bit of reading offline. I imagine my brain has been trained to consume more comfortably and completely when I&#8217;m not always nose to screen. Admittedly,  I struggle with my lack of green-ness in this area. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conquering Business Superstition</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/10/13/conquering-business-superstition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quite often business life is not much different than personal life—although it should be.  When off the clock,  cause &#38; effect applied incorrectly is called superstition, myth, etc. Yet the same misdirected correlations between 9.00a and 5.00p is called a project, or worse still insight. Same use of illusion but a different belief in its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Must Read Courtesy of Sir Richard Branson</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/09/28/a-must-read-courtesy-of-sir-richard-branson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/09/28/a-must-read-courtesy-of-sir-richard-branson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;15 Small Business Lessons from Richard Branson&#8221; as reported by Ann Handley (American Express&#8217; OpenForum.com, 23 September 2010). In a word, brilliant. So much so that nothing needs to be added. Share and Enjoy:]]></description>
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		<title>A Spin-free Culture Will Save You Money</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/09/24/a-spin-free-culture-will-save-you-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Patagonia, from the ground up&#8221; by Jennifer Wang (Entrepreneur, June 2010). It&#8217;s worth mentioning that the sub-headline is: While the rest of retail was tanking, Yvon Chouinard&#8217;s outdoor clothing and gear company was having its best two years ever. Here&#8217;s why. Regardless of economic conditions the question everyone is constantly asking is, &#8220;Where are we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today AU, tomorrow the world &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/08/08/today-au-tomorrow-the-world-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/08/08/today-au-tomorrow-the-world-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 17:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Renaissance Men Wanted: Big Problems Need Big Innovators&#8221; interview of author Vinnie Mirchandani by Thomas Wailgum (CIO.com, 14 June 2010). A quick follow up to yesterday&#8217;s post. Looks like Mr. Mirchandani casts another vote for an AU state of mind. Share and Enjoy:]]></description>
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		<title>Today AU, tomorrow the world</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/08/07/today-au-tomorrow-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;From Push to Pull: How to Navigate the ‘Big Shift’ Reshaping the World&#8221; interview of author John Hagel (ConsultingMag.com, 8 July 2010). It&#8217;s Saturday, so let&#8217;s just cut to the chase&#8230; Consulting: What exactly is the power of pull? Hagel: I guess it starts with a rather provocative proposition that the current management approaches and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/07/02/clay-shirky-how-cognitive-surplus-will-change-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/07/02/clay-shirky-how-cognitive-surplus-will-change-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[E-commerce & Internet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just plain damn interesting. As found on TED.com. Watch, listen, ponder a bit and enjoy. A trillion hours is a lot of hours, eh? Share and Enjoy:]]></description>
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		<title>Social networking is only a means</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/05/20/social-networking-is-only-a-means/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/05/20/social-networking-is-only-a-means/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 12:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Fundamentals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Interview: John Jantsch &#8211; 5 Minutes with&#8230;&#8221; by: Daria Meoli (NY Enterprise Report, 19 April 2010). You know John, author of Duct Tape marketing, as well as his new book The Referral Engine: Teaching Your Business to Market Itself. Good stuff, right? Well, if you read and retain one thing this week then this paragraph [...]]]></description>
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