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Club of Super Rich, Super Vote Public Companies

Tech companies generate much excitement around their potential to “change the world” and the riches the investors hope to gain from the promise of an IPO. Facebook, Google, Twitter, and now the buzz of Snapchat or Snap Inc. as it … Continue reading

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Purpose and Profit: Conscious Capitalism

After a previous LI post I published, Why Whole Foods is in a Pickle, I learned about Whole Foods interest in Conscious Capitalism. Most business people I’ve ever worked with or for are fairly conscious of balancing the welfare of … Continue reading

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Entrepreneurs it’s Time to Grow Up… Scaling Up the Business

Building a business from scratch is tough. But how do you grow from a start up to scale a business to grow? The Life is Good company is a great example. Now a $100MM/year sales business. The Jacob brothers of … Continue reading

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How to Focus on Your Best Customers

Focusing on your best customers is critically important. However, many companies do not do this. There’s a lot of emphasis in marketing and sales to acquire new customers. What businesses often fail to recognize is that the time, effort and … Continue reading

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How to extend a Brand into new outlets…

Extending a brand into new outlets is highly rewarding but also fraught with challenges and potential disaster. This post is about how to extend a brand successfully. Fortune wrote a story about Starbucks’ Grocery Gambit in December. Not too many … Continue reading

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Why is the Sky Blue? Critical Questions that Lead to Better Decisions… Here’s how…

Why is the sky blue? Critical Questions lead to Better Decisions- here’s how to ask them… Remember the Why is the Sky Blue question?  A common childhood question. There are books on Why to help teach and explain to us … Continue reading

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6 Keys to Revenue Growth: Building a Foundation and Consistent Execution to Create Sustainability

By Peter Klinge, Jr. The great recession led to cost cutting, layoffs, retrenchment, and a good deal of fear. Today with an improved outlook, more companies are turning their attention to the question of how to build profitable top line … Continue reading

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