This is a good article about Mike Sinyard, the founder of Specialized bikes. A few key points that I pulled from Mike's story:
1. Listen to your customers
2. Create a vision for your company and make sure your employees understand it
3. Stick with your plan (Specialized nearly went under by ignoring this)
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/15/smbusiness/specialized_bikes.fsb/index.htm?postversion=2008051612
1. Listen to your customers
2. Create a vision for your company and make sure your employees understand it
3. Stick with your plan (Specialized nearly went under by ignoring this)
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/15/smbusiness/specialized_bikes.fsb/index.htm?postversion=2008051612
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