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Business Beat

Ways to keep your
business growing

Once your business is established, you
can relax. Or can you? On the contrary,
with the rapid changes occurring in
technology, products, services, competi-
tion, and consumer demographics, a
‘ i business must continue to grow to avoid
ve being left behind.

\ But controlled growth in the right

_ oo direction, not growth for growth’s sake,
—— a is the wisest strategy. Sound growth
by Phil Harti comes from identifying new opportunities
Manager, Terrace arising from the marketplace changes and

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