Josh Richards "jrichard"

This is my personal blog. Expect ramblings on investing, business, technology, entrepreneurship, books, good causes, (un)conventional wisdom, food, human behavior, and life. And keep those expectations low. :-)

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

My blog has moved

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Hello loyal readers: Thanks for following me the last few years as I got my "feet wet". My blogging has moved to: http://www.JoshR...

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Josh's Top 26 Reasons Why Your Business Sucks

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What gives me the right to talk about these? Because I've made (and learned) from all of 'em. We're all works in progress. I...

Friday, July 17, 2009

Counter-Intuitive Differentiation By Selling Heart Attacks, Not Health Food

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Last week I wrote about using Terrible Service as a Differentiator . Today I was reminded about another interesting example of counter-in...

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The 12 Big Reasons Why Independent IT Pros Fail to Prosper

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Being an independent IT professional, at least if one wishes to be in it for the long-haul and happy with their level of achievement, is a ...

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Terrible Service as COMPELLING Differentiation

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I was recently pondering how effective an attempt at differentiation like this would work: "You should choose us because we aren't ...

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"I already knew that."

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Ran across this quote from Mary Schmidt , a marketing consultant, today. I thought it was great: "I already knew that." I someti...

Saturday, July 11, 2009

How To Get Better At "Trying Everything"

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Sometimes we tell ourselves (or hear someone else say): "I've tried everything. I just can't do it." (With some variatio...

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Josh Richards: Grover Beach, CA, United States; aka: Josh T. Richards, jrichard Soccer fan & good eats seeker, advisor and avid student on business growth, professional success, and information technology management. I encourage you to connect to me via my LinkedIn.com profile and/or Twitter (jtr) and/or JoshRichardsConsulting.com.

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