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		<title>The Product mindset and the Services mindset</title>
		<link>http://www.ufunctional.com/2009/02/21/products-and-services-mindsets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Freedman, writing about marketing for IT consultants on TechRepublic, put into clear, memorable terms something I&#8217;ve been trying to express for years, namely the difference between product sales and services sales.
Product selling is transaction-oriented, while services selling is relationship-oriented. Product businesses sell based on the “four Ps:” product, price, place, and promotion, while service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to hire good people</title>
		<link>http://www.ufunctional.com/2008/10/25/how-to-hire-good-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seth Godin says that you should be careful who you work for, either as an employee or as a client.
Executives and managers, consider the corollary. If you want to hire and retain people with certain character qualities, talents, and skills, then you and your organization probably need to exhibit those. If you are lacking in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Software Value Circle</title>
		<link>http://www.ufunctional.com/2008/10/17/the-software-value-circle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This figure goes with the article Let&#8217;s All Join Hands on WTN, the Wisconsin Technology Network.
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		<title>Analog and Digital, Principles and Optimization</title>
		<link>http://www.ufunctional.com/2008/10/14/analog-and-digital-principles-and-optimization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though I&#8217;m on a near total news blackout (in order to conserve my emotional strength for things I can do something about), over the last couple of months I’ve learned a little bit about derivatives (the financial kind) and credit default swaps.
What were they thinking?
It reminds me of a story my father told me. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who I Am Not</title>
		<link>http://www.ufunctional.com/2008/10/03/who-i-am-no/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a regular Seth Godin reader, and today he really struck a chord with his post When You Stand For Something. His trackbacks led me to What You Don&#8217;t Stand For by David Rendall.
In Gerald Weinberg&#8217;s Secrets of Consulting, I read, â€œIf you can&#8217;t fix it, feature it.â€ So here goes.

I donâ€™t like telling people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Being Useful, Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.ufunctional.com/2008/09/18/on-being-useful-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a recovering perfectionist, and it&#8217;s not by choice.
I started out a great student, became a pretty good scientist, and was then a good software developer.
Now I&#8217;m a software management consultant and aspiring bioinformatician. I don&#8217;t have to network much (and I&#8217;m a mediocre networker on my good days) to meet people who have better [...]]]></description>
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