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Fri, Sep 23, 2022 | Posted by The Chief Outsider

Blog 1: Breaking Down the Wall Between Success and Failure

By: Paul Reppenhagen and Rich DePencier

It starts with a dream – perhaps hatched in a home kitchen, or concocted in a plastic Gatorade bucket. The ideas of countless aspirants – hoping to bring a food or beverage product to the masses – start with a “pinch of this,” a “touch of that,” and a truckload of sweat, muscle – and prayers.

Despite these dreams, struggles, and countless hours at tastings, state fairs, and in the boardrooms of grocers, only about 5 percent of aspiring food and beverage products ever find mass-market success.

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Wed, Aug 19, 2015 — To gain competitive advantage, enter a new market or accelerate sales, companies often look to hire (or replace) senior level marketing talent. Finding the right person can take time a lot of time in terms of resources – search, interviews, salary negotiations and onboarding. Once hired, it can take some time for a new executive to get up to speed and start to deliver a positive ROI to the company.

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Tue, Aug 11, 2015 — In my previous blog, I identified some of signs of “Business Malaise” that could signal a growing disconnect between the business vision and the company’s growth goals. And as noted, when you consider the competitive pressures wrought by the hyper-charged business universe, early indicators of corporate distress are best addressed sooner than later. Many small and mid-sized companies face this situation – desperately in need of skilled marketing expertise – but believing that they lack the resources to procure it. That is why I am devoting this post to explore a new option – the Marketing Executive-as-a-Service.

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Thu, Jul 30, 2015 — If corporate distress was handled like a medical condition, the approach would be to get help from a medical professional as soon as possible. You’d look for a specialist who could make a diagnosis and provide triage for the most urgent symptoms, while working to create a plan for sustainable health. Sometimes a company exhibits signs of a “Business Malaise.” The symptoms are not always clear, but there is a sense that something is amiss. Here are a few common symptoms:

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