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	<title>Grant Grigorian&#039;s Blog &#187; Grant Grigorian</title>
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		<title>Sliding Board Fracture Prevention with Dr. Ed Holt, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, Md</title>
		<link>http://grantgrigorian.com/2012/04/30/sliding-board-fracture-prevention-with-dr-ed-holt-anne-arundel-medical-center-annapolis-md/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 06:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grant Grigorian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gotta love the illustration! Sliding Board Fracture Prevention with Dr. Ed Holt, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, Md. &#8211; YouTube.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gotta love the illustration!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EzJL3qp-eI">Sliding Board Fracture Prevention with Dr. Ed Holt, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, Md. &#8211; YouTube</a>.</p>
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		<title>Refinement vs Exploration</title>
		<link>http://grantgrigorian.com/2012/04/20/refinement-vs-exploration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grant Grigorian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[StartUp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[problem solving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Saw this image and fell in love as it illustrates a great point I&#8217;ve always struggled to visualize on paper like this: via Criticism and Two Way Streets &#124; The Intercom Blog.]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Saw this image and fell in love as it illustrates a great point I&#8217;ve always struggled to visualize on paper like this:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://blog.intercom.io/criticism-and-two-way-streets/"><img src='http://grantgrigorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Explore1.jpg' alt='' /></a></p>
<p>via <a href="http://blog.intercom.io/criticism-and-two-way-streets/">Criticism and Two Way Streets | The Intercom Blog</a>.</p>
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		<title>Persuading With Facts Is Not Enough: Dawkins vs. Tyson &#8211; YouTube</title>
		<link>http://grantgrigorian.com/2012/04/20/persuading-with-facts-is-not-enough-dawkins-vs-tyson-youtube/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grant Grigorian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[StartUp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[persuasion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dawkins vs. Tyson &#8211; YouTube.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=-_2xGIwQfik">Dawkins vs. Tyson &#8211; YouTube</a>.</p>
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		<title>Forecasting Best Practices in SFDC</title>
		<link>http://grantgrigorian.com/2012/04/18/forecasting-best-practices-in-sfdc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grant Grigorian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sales forecasting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salesforce.com]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Forecasting Best Practices and a Sneak Peak at the NEW Forecasting Application &#8211; YouTube.]]></description>
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		<title>Improving Brighton Boulevard</title>
		<link>http://grantgrigorian.com/2012/04/13/improving-brighton-boulevard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grant Grigorian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[StartUp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Lots of interesting improvements are on the horizon for Brighton Blvd in Denver. Pretty interesting report to look through. Brighton Boulevard: Managing Traffic while Creating Place &#124; Context Sensitive Solutions.org &#8211; A CSS support center for the transportation community..]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Lots of interesting improvements are on the horizon for Brighton Blvd in Denver. Pretty interesting report to look through.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://contextsensitivesolutions.org/content/css-champions/brighton_boulevard__managing_tr/#&amp;panel1-9"><img src='http://grantgrigorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/report_thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://contextsensitivesolutions.org/content/css-champions/brighton_boulevard__managing_tr/#&amp;panel1-9">Brighton Boulevard: Managing Traffic while Creating Place | Context Sensitive Solutions.org &#8211; A CSS support center for the transportation community.</a>.</p>
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		<title>jyoseph.com » Make your product photos pop with a white background using photoshop</title>
		<link>http://grantgrigorian.com/2012/04/12/jyoseph-com-make-your-product-photos-pop-with-a-white-background-using-photoshop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grant Grigorian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[StartUp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gimp]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I was taking some product shots this week &#8211; and this was a great guide for what to do after you take your mediocre shots: jyoseph.com » Make your product photos pop with a white background using photoshop.]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">I was taking some product shots this week &#8211; and this was a great guide for what to do after you take your mediocre shots:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://jyoseph.com/blog/give-a-drab-lightbox-photo-a-crisp-white-background-with-photoshop-tutorial/"><img src='http://grantgrigorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/3-levels-dialogue.jpg' alt='' /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://jyoseph.com/blog/give-a-drab-lightbox-photo-a-crisp-white-background-with-photoshop-tutorial/">jyoseph.com » Make your product photos pop with a white background using photoshop</a>.</p>
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		<title>You&#8217;re Hired to Lead a Startup, What&#8217;s First?</title>
		<link>http://grantgrigorian.com/2012/03/30/youre-hired-to-lead-a-startup-whats-first/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grant Grigorian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[business development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like this part: When I  ask an Exec about their Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) and they answer “Fortune 500” or “we’re a horizontal play,” I know I’m in trouble. Growing companies will often argue they can sell to anybody. But to scale, you need to know where you’ll find repeatable &#38; profitable success. Defining our ICP isn’t about creating a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like this part:</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">When I  ask an Exec about their Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) and they answer “Fortune 500” or “we’re a horizontal play,” I know I’m in trouble. Growing companies will often argue they <em>can</em> sell to anybody. But to scale, you need to know where you’ll find<strong><em> repeatable </em></strong>&amp; <strong><em>profitable</em> </strong>success.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">Defining our ICP isn’t about creating a named account list, but it is about identifying where our optimal buyers reside. Including:</p>
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<li style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 10px; background-image: url('http://blog.bridgegroupinc.com/portals/991/skins/elegant/images/maincontent/list_bullet_orange.gif'); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 0% 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; margin: 0px;">Embracing the philosophy that not all prospects are equal</li>
<li style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 10px; background-image: url('http://blog.bridgegroupinc.com/portals/991/skins/elegant/images/maincontent/list_bullet_orange.gif'); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 0% 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; margin: 0px;">Focusing outbound activity towards the accounts with the highest likelihood of success</li>
<li style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 10px; background-image: url('http://blog.bridgegroupinc.com/portals/991/skins/elegant/images/maincontent/list_bullet_orange.gif'); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 0% 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; margin: 0px;">Triaging inbound activity &#8211; by aligning effort to opportunity</li>
<li style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 10px; background-image: url('http://blog.bridgegroupinc.com/portals/991/skins/elegant/images/maincontent/list_bullet_orange.gif'); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 0% 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; margin: 0px;">Identifying market segments with future potential</li>
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<p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">The ICP should be central to a host of sales and marketing discussions and decisions.</p>
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<p>And this part:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://blog.bridgegroupinc.com/blog/tabid/47760/bid/80242/You-re-Hired-to-Lead-a-Startup-What-s-First.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+insidesalesexperts+%28Inside+Sales+Experts+Blog+.%29&amp;utm_content=Netvibes"><img src='http://grantgrigorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sdds.jpg' alt='' /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.bridgegroupinc.com/blog/tabid/47760/bid/80242/You-re-Hired-to-Lead-a-Startup-What-s-First.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+insidesalesexperts+%28Inside+Sales+Experts+Blog+.%29&amp;utm_content=Netvibes">You&#8217;re Hired to Lead a Startup, What&#8217;s First?</a>.</p>
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		<title>Getting to Know The Real Mexico « Kiva Stories from the Field</title>
		<link>http://grantgrigorian.com/2012/03/30/getting-to-know-the-real-mexico-kiva-stories-from-the-field/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grant Grigorian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Getting to Know The Real Mexico « Kiva Stories from the Field.]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2012/03/06/the-real-mexico"><img src="http://grantgrigorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2394.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="99" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2012/03/06/the-real-mexico/">Getting to Know The Real Mexico « Kiva Stories from the Field</a>.</p>
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		<title>How To Build a Cardboard Quadcopter « mike estee</title>
		<link>http://grantgrigorian.com/2012/03/29/how-to-build-a-cardboard-quadcopter-mike-estee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grant Grigorian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pretty cool! How To Build a Cardboard Quadcopter « mike estee.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pretty cool!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mikeestee.com/blog/2012/03/how-to-build-a-cardboard-quadcopter/"><img src='http://grantgrigorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_9977-500x333.jpg' alt='Cardboard Quadcopter' /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.mikeestee.com/blog/2012/03/how-to-build-a-cardboard-quadcopter/">How To Build a Cardboard Quadcopter « mike estee</a>.</p>
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		<title>Authors at Google Presents Stephanie Palmer: Good in a Room &#8211; YouTube</title>
		<link>http://grantgrigorian.com/2012/03/29/authors-at-google-presents-stephanie-palmer-good-in-a-room-youtube/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grant Grigorian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[StartUp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pitching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public speaking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just came across this again &#8211; I remember watching it a while back &#8211; great suggestions: Authors at Google Presents Stephanie Palmer: Good in a Room &#8211; YouTube.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just came across this again &#8211; I remember watching it a while back &#8211; great suggestions:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od7EgHIzK9Y&amp;feature=g-all-u&amp;context=G29d7272FAAAAAAAAAAA">Authors at Google Presents Stephanie Palmer: Good in a Room &#8211; YouTube</a>.</p>
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