THE BUSINESS OF DOING BUSINESS

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What Is Your Carb?
Business Development Dagmar Trippen Business Development Dagmar Trippen

What Is Your Carb?

Crossing a marathon finish line looks like one triumphant moment. It is actually months of training, pacing and fuel.

Business is the same. Launching feels like a sprint, but staying in the race takes endurance, and endurance takes fuel. So what is your carb? How to sustain business growth when a founder’s own drive is no longer enough.

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Exit Gracefully (or Awkwardly), but Exit.
Business Development Dagmar Trippen Business Development Dagmar Trippen

Exit Gracefully (or Awkwardly), but Exit.

Every theater has exit signs, and nobody calls that pessimism. So why do so many of us run a business, a partnership or a client relationship with no exit marked at all? If you were raised to persevere at any cost, you may not even see the door.

A candid look at when to walk away from a client, what staying too long really costs, and why leaving is a leadership move, not a defeat.

We need an exit strategy.

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