{"id":71,"date":"2012-04-22T10:15:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T17:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myersthoughts.com\/?p=71"},"modified":"2015-01-28T12:58:47","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T20:58:47","slug":"business-growth-faster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/business-growth-faster\/","title":{"rendered":"Grow Your Business Faster with Singles and Doubles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To grow faster, I have found it is better to focus on growth initiatives that are singles and doubles &#8212; counter-intuitive but effective.\u00a0 Some people prefer to attempt the big, home-run initiatives.\u00a0 Large companies, in particular, can feel they need a growth initiative to provide $x million of profit or &#8220;it just won&#8217;t be big enough.&#8221;\u00a0 When you find the huge opportunities, they can be wonderful.\u00a0 But home-run initiatives are often very difficult to find, difficult to execute, and may even put the core business at risk.\u00a0 <a title=\"Greybull Stewardship Small Business Investment Opportunities | Business Opportunity, Business Partner\" href=\"https:\/\/greybullstewardship.com\/greybull-investment-small-business\/\">I much prefer growth initiatives that build on something a business already does<\/a> and are incremental efforts with a very high probability of success.\u00a0 Each incremental addition of profitable growth makes the company stronger and better able to take-on larger growth opportunities when they arise.\u00a0 And, it is easier to get started on smaller projects.\u00a0 Begin the small inititives, show profits and success, and look to build on them.\u00a0 Before you know it, the small successes add up to larger profits.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"141\" height=\"119\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-432\" title=\"drramcharan\" src=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/drramcharan.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Ram Charan - Business Adviser and Author\" \/>An author who makes this point particularly well is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ram-charan.com\/\">Ram Charan<\/a> in his book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1400051525\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=greybustewar-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1400051525\">Profitable Growth Is Everyone&#8217;s Business: 10 Tools You Can Use Monday Morning<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=greybustewar-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1400051525\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"postmeta_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"postmeta classifications small\"><span class=\"post_categories\">Categories:<a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/category\/business-growth-and-business-opportunities\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Business Growth &amp; Opportunities<\/a>, <a 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