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Salespeople have questions. Jeffrey has answers.

Strategy Driven

Jeffrey, I’m an independent commercial real estate lender and commercial real estate mortgage broker. ” All the people you’re talking to in the real estate business only want to get a deal done. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Best regards, Jeffrey.

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Keeping It Professional When You Work in a Family Business

Harvard Business Review

” One smart strategy is to tap an independent board member to evaluate your progress and performance so you can get smart career advice and reviews. Toby Bozzutto’s father, Tom, never asked him if he wanted to work in the family real estate management company. . “You cannot wait for top-down guidance.”

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The Big Picture of Business – Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 2 of 4

Strategy Driven

Real estate consultants are not business strategists, but the retail system gives them the say-so in establishing community presence. Won’t listen to advice. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. That’s why so many chains rapidly expand and subsequently contract so frequently.

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

Since I had never done venture investing before, I was trying to get advice from as many people as I could. Today, there’s an investment seemingly every week; venture-capital investment in the tech sector increased from less than $30 million in 2011 to more than $1 billion in 2013. The conversations all went pretty much the same.