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Breakthrough Company


Recent Articles about Breakthrough Company

10 Secrets of Breakthrough Companies

Why do some companies "break through" while so many others do not? Author and business consultant Keith McFarland has spent years researching thousands of pr...  Read more

Inc. 500 Status is Just the Beginning

Learn how nine firms increased revenue from an average $14 million to $800 million from the author of the best-selling The Breakthrough Company: How Every...  Watch video

Maybe Second-Guessing Yourself Isn't Such a Bad Idea

James Surowiecki's 2004 book, The Wisdom of Crowds , suggested that the more minds you have working on a problem, the better the solution they pro...  Read more

Making Sense of Perilous Times

On Oct. 9, the Dow closed below 8,600 for the first time since 2003. It is off nearly 40 percent from its all-time high of 14,164, which came just one yea...  Read more

Breaking Through

How companies just like yours mushroomed into powerhouses in their industries. A conversation with Keith R. McFarland.  Read more

There's No Ugly Penalty for Companies

The father of the study of human ugliness is Daniel Hamermesh of the University of Texas. He has collected data on several continents that attractive peop...  Read more

6 Tips for Getting the Growth You Want

Feel like your company needs a boost? Here are a few strategies to jumpstart your company’s growth, increase revenues and reach new customers.  Read more

What It Takes to Break Through

An excerpt from Keith McFarland's eagerly awaited new book on how companies move beyond the entrepreneurial stage. Watch the grapefruit spurts!  Read more

Warren Buffett’s Big Bet

In "The Breakthrough Company" I spend a chapter detailing how important it is for a company to place strategically timed bigger bets in order to break thr...  Read more

7 Smart Ways to Trim Your Company's Budget

Smart advice on how to squeeze a lot out of a tight budget.  View slideshow

What's Wrong with Staying Small?

Three great responses to my first post got me thinking today about the whole big/little business discussion. Rob's and Allen's comments essential...  Read more

It's Not About Me

Well it's been two weeks since my last post and I've got to admit something: Blogging ain't easy! Besides needing to feel moved to write something in an e...  Read more

It's Not About Me

Well it's been two weeks since my last post and I've got to admit something: Blogging ain't easy! Besides needing to feel moved to write something in an e...  Read more

How to Develop a Business Growth Strategy

There are many ways to guide a business through a period of expansion.  Read more

7 Smart Ways to Trim Your Company’s Budget

Smart advice on how to squeeze a lot out of a tight budget.  Read more

How Can Big Companies Stay Entrepreneurial?

What do ADTRAN salespeo...  Read more