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		<title>does extend mean pretend? six challenges to conventional wisdom</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone points to ‘extend and pretend’ as the source of market paralysis and yet few are really thinking through the assumptions inherent in that phrase.  Banks are certainly extending terms on loans, but is that pretending or a prudent strategy for recovery?]]></description>
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		<title>the hidden cost of the status quo</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Innovation is often a high-risk pursuit - but is maintaining the status quo a higher risk strategy than many realize?  This essay explores the relative fortunes of two computer companies - one that avoids innovation, another than embraces it.]]></description>
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		<title>debt for growth: &#8220;no surge, but you can eat again&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[...conventional wisdom may be an incomplete view of the market. Structured debt does exist, select opportunistic investments are happening, and operators can begin to build a portfolio of value-add investments ripe for harvesting as the market recovers, but don’t expect it to be obvious or easy. ]]></description>
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		<title>video:  hacking real estate</title>
		<link>http://www.bransonpowers.com/?p=195</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A six part video of Gunnar discussing &#8220;Hacking Innovation in Real Estate&#8221; has been posted at Real Invest 2.0 &#8211; take a look!
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		<title>the gift of complaints</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the incredible success of some people who are optimistic and sunny in their outlook, when innovation is requied the need for negative thinking and complaints is overwhelming. ]]></description>
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		<title>innovation desire lines</title>
		<link>http://www.bransonpowers.com/?p=178</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gbranson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once a solution to a problem has been found, the biggest challenge is to get others to accept it.  Is it possible to innovate without selling change?  Desire lines might provide a clue.]]></description>
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		<title>the innovation trade-off</title>
		<link>http://www.bransonpowers.com/?p=168</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gbranson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Innovation doesn't come for nothing, it always requires that something is given up in return...and people are more willing to give things up than most realize.]]></description>
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		<title>does innovation happen in the middle of a forest?</title>
		<link>http://www.bransonpowers.com/?p=158</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An analogue to George Berkeley's question "If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, did it really fall?" - Does innovation happen if no one buys it?]]></description>
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		<title>what is innovation, really, and how do we get some?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Innovation is both more difficult and less mysterious than we have been led to believe.
Innovation goes far beyond the laboratory &#8211; far beyond Silicon Valley startups, institutes or technology incubators.  Innovation is less an activity or product as it is a lifestyle or way of thinking.  The best innovators are able to change their frame [...]]]></description>
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		<title>how new should new be?</title>
		<link>http://www.bransonpowers.com/?p=136</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gbranson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a time of unprecedented change, economic challenge and technology shifts, everything is new and innovation seems to be the solution to many of our challenges.
But can the new thrive without the old?  How much new can people take at once?
Once the first adopters of an innovation have latched on to something, can the rest [...]]]></description>
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