Daily Values, Nutrition Facts: 5% or less is Low, 20% or more is High

The Healthy Eating Plate, created by experts at Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, points consumers to the healthiest choices in the major food groups. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s MyPlate, in contrast, fails to give people some of the basic nutrition advice they need to choose a healthy diet. The Healthy Eating Plate is based exclusively on the best available science and was not subjected to political and commercial pressures from food industry lobbyists.

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What if it turns out that the customers have decided they don’t want the product? Which process would allow a company to find this out sooner?

Lean manufacturers such as Toyota discovered the benefits of small batches decades ago. When I teach entrepreneurs this method, I often begin with stories about manufacturing. Before long, I can see the questioning looks: what does this have to do with my startup?

But the theory that is the foundation of Toyota’s success can be used to dramatically improve the speed at which startups find validated learning.

Toyota discovered that small batches made their factories more efficient. In contrast, in the Lean Startup the goal is not to produce more stuff efficiently. It is to— as quickly as possible— learn how to build a sustainable business. Think back to the example of envelope stuffing. What if it turns out that the customer doesn’t want the product we’re building? Although this is never good news for an entrepreneur, finding out sooner is much better than finding out later. Working in small batches ensures that a startup can minimize the expenditure of time, money, and effort that ultimately turns out to have been wasted.

Based on FBI crime statistics for 2010 and Mexican government data released early this year, Mexico City’s drug-related-homicide rate per 100,000 population was one-tenth of Washington’s overall homicide rate – 2.2 deaths per 100,000 population compared with 22. (Drug violence accounts for most murders in Mexico, which historically does not have the gun culture that reigns in the United States.)

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E-mail Etiquette: The Finer Points Part 1

Sep 6th, 2011 by Andy Epstein

The following is reprinted courtesy of Robert Half International.

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Although most professionals are well versed in using e-mail, many still struggle with the finer points. It’s commonly known that typing in all CAPS is equivalent to “cybershouting” – but here are some other protocol points to consider:

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• Be kind. Don’t use e-mail to say no, argue, criticize or deliver bad news. Pick up the phone or deliver the information face to face.

• Make every e-mail fight for its right to be sent. The less you send, the more likely your messages will be read. Don’t copy others unless they really need to read it.

• Be considerate, not cryptic. Don’t expect others to decipher what you mean by reviewing an entire e-mail thread. Just because you are on the go doesn’t mean you should expect others to piece together what’s being requested.

• Use only one account for work. Keep work-related e-mails coming and going from your work account only. Having a single address makes it easy for people to find your messages. And it will prevent business messages from getting tangled with your personal e-mail – and perhaps neglected as a result.

• Consider your e-mail account when job hunting. It may go without saying, but don’t use your current work e-mail to send resumes to prospective employers. Also, avoid using overly personal e-mail handles when job hunting, such as “partyanimal@ .com.” Not everyone will appreciate your sense of humor and “too much information” can be a turn-off.

• Respond in a timely manner. Try to respond to all messages within 24 hours, but don’t say you’ll reply with a more detailed response at a later date unless you really intend to follow through. If you’re in consecutive meetings or away from the office, put an out-of-office message on so people aren’t left wondering when you’ll get back to them.

• Be crystal clear. In your subject line (and you should always have one!), explain what you want: Do you need someone to review or approve something, or is the message simply an FYI? In the message itself, get to the point and use bullets, which are easier to scan than large blocks of text.