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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

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To demonstrate it, we’ve examined a number of industries and mapped the level of capabilities coherence in the portfolio of each of the major players against their operating margins over the past five years. Companies today operate in a business environment that encourages incoherence. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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Build Relationships that Last for National Entrepreneurship Month

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The great thing about operating a small business is that you are inherently more agile than your larger competitors. Operating on a smaller scale means you have a core group of customers, so make sure they know how much you value their business by connecting with them through their preferred method. Know how to connect with customers.