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Why Having A BHAG Is Critical To Your Company’s Success

YoungUpstarts

BHAGs were established by management guru Jim Collins in his 1994 book “ Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Good to Great) “ , co-authored with Stanford professor Jerry Porras. billion in revenue, with a total revenue of $136.3 But a BHAG shouldn’t focus solely on revenue or growth.

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What We All Can Learn from Wayne Huizenga

Growthink Blog

Because in his lifetime, he founded and grew not one, not two, but three multi-billion dollar businesses. With three different business models. Combined with the passion and guts was an inherent foresight as to the overriding business importance of predictable customers and recurring revenue. And to delegate.

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Website Usability Testing: A Must for Boosting Conversions

ConversionXL

Steve Blank , a Silicon Valley mentor and serial-entrepreneur, recognized for developing the customer development methodology, says it best: No plan survives first contact with customers. Sure, he was talking about business models and business plans, but it applies to websites as well. Some tips.