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…an had an “excuse” to contact influential people he didn’t know and build a relationship with them. The key is that this “excuse” needs to benefit the influencer as well to get them interested. In the case of Startup Edition, the benefit to the influencer is more publicity for their post plus…

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Mar 14, 2017·1 min read

The typical ‘me first’ requirement: before altruistic second-order behavior (‘sharing with the community’), the product/service has to provide a first-order benefit for the individual.

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Work ecologist. Founder, Work Futures. The ecology of work and the anthropology of the future.

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