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The Fundamentals to Start-Up Business Success: A Complete Guide

Start-up and early stage businesses will determine whether or not the US economy makes any progress in 2013.  Though there is a great deal of advice offered to help entrepreneurs succeed, most of it is redundant and ineffective; just look at the historical record of new venture failure […]

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Case Study: Managing in the Grey

BACKGROUND:  Privately held industrial service company, run by 3 partners in a highly competitive, fragmented industry. One partner leads the company’s sales and marketing, while the other finance and the third manages the service workforce. Though the three partners collaborate on all major business decisions and work […]

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The Consequences of a No-Sacrifices-Environment

Several recent news reports caught my eye, not as individual stories but as closely connected pieces of the same continuum: Adam Davidson’s November 20th “Skills Don’t Pay theBills” piece in the NY Times Magazine highlighting the fact that despite high unemployment rates and advanced jobs training programs […]

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