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Texas Roadhouse and a Leader’s Legacy

Mark Sanborn

Known as a maverick, he often “got in trouble” with chain management for his innovative ideas and promotions. Too many times you have leaders who came out of operations as big shots and become isolated and hear what the world is through 4 or 5 people who report to them.” I still choose all of our real estate.

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Before You Open a Business…

Leading Blog

But Chrysler was in bankruptcy, and we didn’t know whether our Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership that we opened in 2004 would survive the ax of the bankruptcy court. Operating a small business is not unlike owning a really old house: things break a lot, and you need to fix them, over and over and over. Ours did; over 700 did not.)

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Midsized Firms Can Survive a Cash Crisis

Harvard Business Review

Operational meltdowns can devour a midsized company’s cash. economy (especially the real estate market) fell off the end of the table. To use a different company example, one growing financial services firm’s new CFO learned this in 2004. Top management must be very careful about how they downsize the organization.

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