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Five Ways to Grow Your Company Without Investors

Growth Institute

Several years ago, I discovered that the overwhelming majority of fast-growing companies (like those listed on the INC. 5000 list in the USA or the FastTrack 100 where I work in the UK) have never taken any outside investment. How then, I wondered, did they get their hands on the cash they needed to grow?

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5 Leadership Styles That Can Derail Companies—And End Careers

Chief Executive

A charismatic pitchman, Adam succeeded at selling visions of transforming the real estateindustry, but his model never proved financially viable. When pressuring subordinates fails to produce the numbers, they try to hit financial expectations by cutting funding for research, growth initiatives, or organization building. Rationalizers.