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Successful strategies adhere to a basic pattern.

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Scott D. Anthony
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: February 22
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If you are a large company and you want to do something unique, you almost by definition have to tap onto the core business in some way. Otherwise you are going into a naked fight against startups, and that's just a tough place to be.
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Have a core concept, but wrap it in a full business model.
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Any leader has two jobs to do. To do what they are currently doing better and more efficiently (call this strengthening the core), and to do what they are not currently doing but will need to do in the future (call this creating the new).
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