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The Hidden Truth About Creating Value: If You Don’t Create It, You Destroy It.

Over the last month, I’ve received several questions about creating value. For those who are not familiar with my views on this subject, creating value is the foundation for everything a company does to accelerate or sustain growth. If you do not create value, you are a commodity. If you are a commodity, your growth and profits are at risk.

The Entrepreneurial Dilemma – An Abundance Of Possibilities

Over the last few weeks, I’ve become aware of a fundamental dilemma entrepreneurs face regularly:...

Trying To Grow From “Good To Great?” Don’t Get Stuck With Less-Than-Great People On The Bus

Before I begin I need to give a disclaimer, I provide outsourcing services.

McAdvertising

If you don’t yet believe that traditional approaches to advertising and growth are dead, I...

Carnival of Marketing

Noah Kagan’s creation, The Carnival of Marketing, is in its fourth week. It's a great way to get...

December Issue Of Harvard Business Review Tops Our Holiday Reading List with Articles On Strategy And Marketing

The December 2005 issue of Harvard Business Review is a must read for any executive or entrepreneur...

Don’t Be Tempted To Trade Customer Satisfaction

I just got back from a business trip in Toronto. Monday night I had the privilege of meeting with a...

What Sony Knows (And Has Apparently Forgotten) About Driving Growth

No focus group ever told Sony it needed to create a small rectangular piece of plastic that people...

What Is Strategy?

For those of you that don’t know me, I read a lot of books. What’s a lot? In a slow year I’ll read...

Why People Don’t Pay Attention to the Price of a Room at The Four Seasons

Be a ‘Purple Cow.’ Pursue the ‘Wow’. Make it ‘priceless.’

Doug Davidoff