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		<title>Have You Met With My Advisory Board ?</title>
		<link>http://ozgurzan.com/2011/12/17/have-you-met-with-my-advisory-board/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ozgurzan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the eve of critical business decisions or during tough times, I try to imagine what would these great people would mentor me with their valuable suggestions if they were alive and exists in my advisory board. I have read &#8230; <a href="http://ozgurzan.com/2011/12/17/have-you-met-with-my-advisory-board/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ozgurzan.com&amp;blog=6776307&amp;post=1209&amp;subd=ozgurzan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A&#8217;s hire A&#8217;s, B&#8217;s hire C&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://ozgurzan.com/2011/10/29/as-hire-as-bs-hire-cs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ozgurzan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the Donald Rumsfeld&#8216;s (13th and 21st US Secretary of Defense) rules is: &#8220;A&#8217;s hire A&#8217;s, B&#8217;s hire C&#8217;s&#8220; which reminds the recruiter to hire the best people, who may even be smarter and more talented than than the recruiter. The &#8230; <a href="http://ozgurzan.com/2011/10/29/as-hire-as-bs-hire-cs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ozgurzan.com&amp;blog=6776307&amp;post=1161&amp;subd=ozgurzan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to create engagement in mobile apps?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ozgurzan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Axiom 1: User engagement is an important factor for monetizing mobile apps. More engagement means greater impressions and great impressions attract revenue in every kind of the business model (e.g. Advertisement, InApp, Subscriptions, App sales or Sponsorships). What are the &#8230; <a href="http://ozgurzan.com/2011/10/22/how-to-create-engagement-in-mobile-apps/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ozgurzan.com&amp;blog=6776307&amp;post=1158&amp;subd=ozgurzan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Common Mistakes in New Product Development</title>
		<link>http://ozgurzan.com/2011/08/31/common-mistakes-in-new-product-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ozgurzan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[User Experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[herbert simon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pareto]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Product development is a multidisciplinary endeavour. Design, engineering and marketing perspectives must be incorporated into the process neatly. Since these perspectives have tradeofs, they frequently contradict. That is why, a balance must be met between these contradicting views. And that is generally &#8230; <a href="http://ozgurzan.com/2011/08/31/common-mistakes-in-new-product-development/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ozgurzan.com&amp;blog=6776307&amp;post=1128&amp;subd=ozgurzan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Power of innovation based on R&amp;D</title>
		<link>http://ozgurzan.com/2011/07/17/power-of-innovation-based-on-rd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ozgurzan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google has released its earnings statements and set a revenue record at $9.03 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2011. In the &#8220;Costs and Expenses&#8221; page of the following presentation, it is seen that Research and Development costs are 20% &#8230; <a href="http://ozgurzan.com/2011/07/17/power-of-innovation-based-on-rd/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ozgurzan.com&amp;blog=6776307&amp;post=1118&amp;subd=ozgurzan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rosabeth Moss Kanter&#8217;s 3 arguments for favoring partnership</title>
		<link>http://ozgurzan.com/2011/07/17/rosabeth-moss-kanters-3-arguments-for-favoring-partnership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ozgurzan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous post with the title: &#8220;Solo Entrepreneurship vs Partnership&#8220;, I favored having a partner as opposed to solo entrepreneurship, (i.e. solopreneurs). A few minutes ago, I have seen a tweet from Rosabeth Moss Kanter who is an influential &#8230; <a href="http://ozgurzan.com/2011/07/17/rosabeth-moss-kanters-3-arguments-for-favoring-partnership/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ozgurzan.com&amp;blog=6776307&amp;post=1115&amp;subd=ozgurzan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Power and Authority</title>
		<link>http://ozgurzan.com/2011/07/16/power-and-authority/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ozgurzan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Power means &#8220;the ability to influence people&#8220;. For example, if you have the ability to persuade your friends to move in the same direction as you do, then you have the power. Authority is the &#8220;official power&#8220;. For example if you are &#8230; <a href="http://ozgurzan.com/2011/07/16/power-and-authority/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ozgurzan.com&amp;blog=6776307&amp;post=1102&amp;subd=ozgurzan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seven sins that &#8220;engineer entrepreneurs&#8221; should unlearn?</title>
		<link>http://ozgurzan.com/2011/06/02/seven-sins-that-engineer-entrepreneurs-should-unlearn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ozgurzan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am an engineer entrepreneur. I am proud to be an engineer and I use most of the excellent principles of engineering. But there are some habits of engineering that I needed to unlearn to be a better entrepreneur: Seven Habits(**) &#8230; <a href="http://ozgurzan.com/2011/06/02/seven-sins-that-engineer-entrepreneurs-should-unlearn/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ozgurzan.com&amp;blog=6776307&amp;post=1071&amp;subd=ozgurzan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Strategy: Do it FIRST (and/or) Do it BEST !</title>
		<link>http://ozgurzan.com/2011/05/21/simple-strategy-do-it-first-andor-do-it-best/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 12:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ozgurzan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First advice: Do it FIRST, do it BEST. Second advice: If you can not do both, then choose either one of them.  If you can not still manage to be first or to be best, then try to be unique &#8230; <a href="http://ozgurzan.com/2011/05/21/simple-strategy-do-it-first-andor-do-it-best/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ozgurzan.com&amp;blog=6776307&amp;post=1058&amp;subd=ozgurzan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is luck a coincidence?</title>
		<link>http://ozgurzan.com/2011/05/14/is-luck-a-coincidence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 18:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In one of my previous posts, I have talked about the role of luck in Entrepreneurship. This is one of questions that I ask to entrepreneurs. Zeki Çalışır, is a successful and experienced businessman whose ideas I respect. When I asked &#8230; <a href="http://ozgurzan.com/2011/05/14/is-luck-a-coincidence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ozgurzan.com&amp;blog=6776307&amp;post=1049&amp;subd=ozgurzan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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