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The most effective CEOs have a primary source for tracking their markets. They meet with their teams frequently enough to keep innovation flowing, to reduce and focus costs, to be energized. They create a tight agenda and they set high goals.

Michael J. Silverstein

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Michael J. Silverstein
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 1
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