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5 Key Growth Initiatives In This Inflationary Economy

Startup Professionals Musings

Most business professionals I know have been conditioned to think of inflation as highly negative, driving up their costs, and reducing customer buying. I see it as an opportunity to find new ways to attract customers , make long-needed changes to improve productivity, and lower your own costs of doing business.

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5 Pitfalls to Avoid When Transforming Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Outsourcing the entirety of building a new system. Outsourcing may look like a quick and easy solution, but you can’t let a partner or supplier drive your business strategy and direction, and it will never absolve you of the responsibility of providing business success. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 1/9/2023

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5 Keys To The Culture Change Required For Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on my years of experience as a business executive and consultant, I am convinced that most companies gradually lose their ability to be creative as they mature, and over time are overcome by new competitors and market changes. Your people on the customer front lines have the input you need on institutional changes required.

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6 Mindset Factors Turn Constraints Into Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

In reality, based on my experience as a startup advisor and investor, these constraints lead the best entrepreneurs to the most innovative solutions and new markets otherwise overlooked by their peers and competitors. People respond to positives, such as new growth, versus problems implying costs and loss of customers.

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