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An Oversight in MBA Programs: A Real Discussion About Creating Good Company Culture

by Marquis | Aug 13, 2012 | Business, career, guest bloggers, interesting articles, organization

In today’s piece, Julianna Davies takes a look at good company culture, how it is created and fostered, and why it has little to do with earning an MBA. Julianna is a writer for http://www.mbaonline.com, a leading website with resources for future and current...

20 essential Six Sigma blogs

by Marquis | Aug 29, 2011 | Business, Business concepts, interesting articles, operations, other blogs, other sites

A few months back, I received an email from Rose King, who manages content for Bschool.com, to pass along a link to one of their articles listing the top 20 blogs with information about Six Sigma. For those of you who have never heard of the Six Sigma concept,...

Milkshakes & Product Failures: A Lesson on Segmentation

by Marquis | May 9, 2011 | Business, Business concepts, guest bloggers, interesting articles, Marketing, other blogs, other sites, strategy

Recently, my friend Eric Sforza, who some of you may remember from my video interview of him, reached out to share an article that he thought would be interesting to my readers. Eric studies a range of business topics, but one of his biggest areas of focus is at the...

Inspirational True Stories – Perseverance Triumphs Initial Failure

by Marquis | Dec 13, 2010 | Business, guest bloggers, interesting articles, other sites, professional advice, Uncategorized

A couple of months ago, I started to become interested in the wide range of journeys that people had taken in their careers, particularly in the business world. I’m sure that we’ve all heard that there is a “right way” to be successful in...

14 surprising first careers of famous people

by Marquis | Nov 4, 2010 | career, career path, interesting articles, other sites, transition

In some of my recent issues, I’ve tried to share the lesson that people can come from a variety of backgrounds and still have successful business careers. Many visitors to this site are aiming for drastic career transitions into business, but conventional wisdom...

15 Famous CEOs Who Didn’t Major in Business

by Marquis | Oct 3, 2010 | Business, career, Corporate executives, interesting articles, organization, other blogs, other sites

Back when I was applying to business school, I thought that I didn’t have a legitimate shot because I had no background in business. Until then, my professional career had consisted of several years’ worth of plugging away at Java code and an academic...
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