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Don't Borrow; Sell

Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of Chapter II, so if you’re not caught up, do it here, or read all of our published excerpts from our work in progress here. In the last excerpt,

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Worth the wait …

So something new happened today. My daughter hugged me, and on the way to her school bus looked back and said, “bye dad. luvya.” To date, it stands as one of the proudest moments of

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How To Start Your Business The Wright Way

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the second chapter of our book in progress.  As usual, you won’t see the whole chapter (tentatively titled: Trim Down To Start Up) here, because we want

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Interview with Paul DeJoe of Ecquire

Apologies for the delay to those few who eagerly await excerpts from our book each week.  This interview with Paul DeJoe of Ecquire, part of our series of small business owner interviews, is worth the

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Selling, Guilt-Free

Know yourself If you’re confident with who you are and know that your intentions are in the right place (that being….for your customers, not just

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Strategic Retreat

Unconventional B2B Strategy #11 In 1934, Mao Zedong’s Red Army faced annihilation. Encircled by Nationalist forces, they were outnumbered and outgunned. Instead of fighting a losing battle, Mao led his army on a grueling 6,000-mile

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Lose to Win

Unconventional B2B Strategy #12 333 B.C. A young king from Greece had just crushed Persia’s forces in Turkey – his first major battle. A shocked Darius III scrambled east towards the safety of his capital

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Weaponize Anxiety

Unconventional B2B Strategy #10 In 1220, the world’s wealthiest trading city stood defiant. Located on the Silk Road in modern-day Uzbekistan, Samarkand, the crown jewel of the Khwarazmian Empire, boasted massive double walls, 110,000 soldiers,

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Arrogance Kills

Unconventional B2B Strategy #9 Northern China. 316 B.C. The Wei army, 100,000 strong, invaded the state of Qi. Wei’s generals believed the conquest would be swift. Sun Pin, Qi’s crippled but brilliant strategist, spotted an

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Leveraging Limitations

Unconventional B2B Strategy #8 In 1588, Philip II of Spain felt righteously invincible. Fueled by fanatical faith, he launched the Spanish Armada—a fleet of 130 massive warships—to crush Elizabeth I and reclaim England for Catholicism.

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Selling, Guilt-Free

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