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Ghosted by a Customer, What Do You Do?—EP 215

I’m dealing with a customer right now who seems interested in some CNC machines Graff-Pinkert has for sale. They told me they needed this type of machine ASAP! And these machines are RARE! They even said they had a big job for the machines already and they are on the

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Fruitsposé

I just bought the first fabulous cherries and peaches of the 2019 farmers’ market season. The following blog is a past favorite of mine. I

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Single Source Gamble

This is just a guess, but I’m betting the following conversation took place recently between Warren Buffett, who owns $50 billion of Apple shares, and

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The Purchasing Bottleneck

What else doesn’t count anymore?  PURCHASING DEPARTMENTS.  The bottleneck of “purchasing” in big companies has become laughable to me as an outsider and to shop

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