July 2010

Way back in the early 1980′s I helped establish a small executive search firm in Los Angeles.

As we were new on the scene and competing against larger and more established firms, our goal was to get in the game. We wanted to be considered in the same thought as the ‘big’ players when an employer needed staffing in the L.A. financial services community.

Some years later this concept took a larger stage as I traveled around eight Western states developing business for a (then) small, lesser known mutual fund provider.

Our goal in the region was to become an Automatic. [click to continue…]

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FYI: Txt AYOR. K?

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So Apple launches its newest category killer, the iPhone 4. Sprint counters with the HTC EVO 4G. You, as a technologically advanced sales professional, think, “The world is now connected as never before so I’ll move to texting versus traditional email”. Fundamental mistake or leading edge differentiator?

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