Think about parlaying your newfound skills into something you can do for your company.

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By and large, these 10 stars have dabbled across the entertainment landscape, parlaying their names and talent into brands.

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The Moda team is parlaying its individual sense of style into big business.

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But to do that job effectively, UNESCO may need to overcome its own cultural aversion to parlaying with the private sector.

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That's why many of the genre's leading men, such as Hugh Laurie (No. 9), are parlaying their small-screen appeal into other ventures, be it film projects, endorsement deals or producer gigs.

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But their natural enmity was overcome by envy: They had all seen Williams Communications win Wall Street cachet by parlaying its own rights-of-way into first one fiber web (Wiltel) and then a second.

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But their natural enmity was overcome by envy: They all had seen rival Williams Communications win Wall Street cachet by parlaying its own rights-of-way into first one fiber web (Wiltel) and then a second.

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But their natural enmity was overcome by envy: They all had seen rival Williams Communications (nyse: WCG - news - people) win Wall Street cachet by parlaying its own rights-of-way into first one fiber Web (Wiltel) and then a second.

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But I was struck by a related comment made later in the call by Apple CEO Tim Cook as he described how some large corporations are parlaying their positive experiences with the iPhone and iPad into purchases of Mac PCs as well.

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