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They have gone from order-taker suppliers to expert advisors and have forged a more satisfying and lucrative way of getting and doing business.
Blair Enns • The Win Without Pitching Manifesto
The company's strategy is simple. Acquire small vertical software businesses with little competition, apply best practices from past experience and repeat as often as possible.
Ryan • Mark Leonard Letters
The next thing you look for is: What are the key zones of expertise, networks, ways of thinking that add the most value into the company that you couldn’t hire for? Because if you can hire it, great, hire it. Add it into the genetics of the company. But there are a bunch of people like, for example, me or Peter Chernin—you can’t hire us into the
... See moreElad Gil • High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups From 10 to 10,000 People
Strategy strategy value Strategy Dynamics Strategy Statics industry business market Description Strategy (with a Capital S) is the intellectual discipline sometimes called Strategic Management. I define it: the study of the fundamental determinants of potential business value.
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... See moreHamilton Helmer • 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy
The Inside Advantage: The Strategy that Unlocks the Hidden Growth in Your Business
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David H. Maister • Managing the Professional Service Firm
But what does a buyer do when it is something of much lesser value, and this intensive research is not worth the investment? Buyers look for reference points or “anchors.”
Hermann Simon • Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything
