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By Dick Maggiore and Mark Vandegrift

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Business

Approach and Target for Stark County Economy

Whether local leaders who are mustering up an initiative to reverse our community’s economy will succeed depends largely on the resources at their disposal, the degree to which true collaboration…

Executing Business Strategy

Vision without execution is hallucination. Some say Thomas Edison said that. Others say Einstein. Whoever said it got it right. The ability to execute is inherent in good strategy.

The Where and How of Company Focus

In last week’s column, we discussed the importance of finding your “why” — the reason your company does what it does beyond making money.

The Why of Company Mission

Why do we pay $1,000 for an iPhone X? Why do we pay $5 for a cup of coffee? Many companies struggle to find their “why,” also known as their company…

Follow Practices of Start-Up Company Mission

Early and often over the history of this column our counsel has been about the importance of strategy in marketing our products and services and in the company mission.

Stark County Supporting Local Business

According to a recent report, Stark County’s population will continue to decrease, get older and have fewer dollars if our community stays on its current trajectory.

Business Niche Differentiation Strategy

Charlie Munger knows a bit about making money. Charlie, 94, is worth close to $2 billion. He is the very longtime partner of Warren Buffett, 87.

Algorithms in Big Data and Business

Making predictions is risky business, but putting our heads in the sand might be even riskier...

 

Product- or Customer-Focused Brand DNA

 

 

Focus Lesson From The Hedgehog and the Fox

To understand the spiny hedgehog and the sly silver fox, we must go back nearly three millennia.

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