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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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50 Cent Business Lessons

Recently I read The 50th Law, the biography of the famous rapper, 50 Cent, written by Robert Green and Curtis Jackson (also known as 50

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Writing What I Feel

I was surprised by some of the outraged comments on my blog about the sale of Doosan to a private equity firm and changes in

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Bouncing Back

Hiring good people for your business or organization is one of the most difficult tasks in management. I think a lot of the problem stems

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Machine Tool Scuttlebutt

Doosan is a mess. The signs of Doosan’s current struggle are striking, even to a machinery dealer far from its Korean home. Beautiful 3 to

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When Football Became Beautiful

American football has had a fascinating evolution over its century-plus existence. The Real All Americans, by Sally Jenkins, illuminates the story of the game through

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