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How to Stave Off Business Maturity

Apr 08, 2017 Departments, Strategy 0

THREE STEPS TO STRATEGIC INNOVATION By Cecilia R. Edwards The old adage is still true today: “If a business isn’t growing, it’s dying.” In eras past, it may have been possible for a business...

Lucrative Growth: One Houston CEO’s Advice for International Expansion

Jan 21, 2017 Departments, Strategy 0

By Doug Kramer Publisher’s Note: In this issue we follow the growth strategy of international expansion. We travel through the supply chain from product creation, to logistics out of Port Houston,...

The Thrill of Developing a Lasting Legacy

Aug 27, 2016 BizBites 0

By Danielle Wilson One of the things a CEO learns quickly when running a business is that growth rarely happens easily – you have to constantly work and dedicate time to it above and beyond the...

Creating a Lasting Legacy: 7 Steps to Growth

Jun 25, 2016 BizBites 0

By Danielle Wilson One of the things a CEO learns quickly when running a business is that growth rarely happens easily—you have to constantly work and dedicate time to it above and beyond the...

How to Maintain a Startup Culture in a Growing Company

Jun 18, 2016 Departments, Strategy 0

FOUR TIPS TO KEEPING THE CULTURAL CORE ALIVE By Jonathan Herskovitz Working for a startup company can be one of the best career experiences a person can have. Startup companies are focused, quick...

It’s Time For Your Sales Organization to Grow Up

Apr 02, 2016 Biz Dev, Departments 0

5 STEPS TO TRANSITION TO A DYNAMIC SALES CULTURE By Amy Hardin Heard the saying, “What got you here won’t get you there?” Never is that more true than for the company that has reached the...

The Third Strategy for Growth

Mar 12, 2016 Departments, Strategy 0

HOW DATA INSIGHTS GROW COMPANIES FROM THE INSIDE By Tony Streeter The two most common growth strategies for business are organic and acquisition. However, that is quickly changing. Companies are...

No Jerks Allowed

Feb 13, 2016 Departments, Employee Engagement 1

SIX WAYS WE’VE KEPT OUR BEST EMPLOYEES By Jeffrey Palermo We’ve all seen it happen — employees who bail out before a project is due, leaving co-workers working late to get a project done;...

To GC or Not to GC

Jan 23, 2016 Departments, General Counsel, Governance 0

KEYS TO HIRING EXCEPTIONAL GENERAL COUNSEL By W. Brian Memory & James R. Nowlin Companies in nearly every industry struggle with the difficult decisions of when and how to hire General Counsel....

Bootstrapping the Family Business

Jan 23, 2016 Features 0

THE NOVAK GROUP CREATES A TOUCHSTONE FOR DOING BUSINESS WITH FAMILY By Dacia Rivers Photography by Jonathan Garza THEN Family businesses typically have a high failure rate—as high as 70 percent,...

Opportunity Driven Leadership

Jan 16, 2016 Departments, Leadership 0

BUILDING ENDURING GROWTH AFTER BANKRUPTCY By Jim Taylor Gordon Bethune, the former CEO of Continental Airlines, speaks for every CEO when he summarized what leaders face after a bankruptcy. “A...

The Quest for Insanely Great Employees

Jan 16, 2016 Features 0

HOW DAN GRAHAM AND BUILDASIGN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING By Dacia Rivers Photography by Jonathan Garza THEN Bootstrapping a business requires commitment, flexibility and action. When Dan Graham and his...

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