5、尋求本地資源的友情支持

????杰克遜維爾市的克林特?德羅迪從一家招聘公司辭職后開創了自己的保健品電子商務公司iMethods。他辭職后做的第一件事情是什么呢？他說：“我打開了教堂的聯絡簿。”他從中聯系上了當地的一位銀行家，邀他加入了公司的義務董事會。這位銀行家又幫他招募到一位注冊會計師、一位律師，還給他介紹了銷售和運營方面的熟人。德羅迪請他們吃午餐，還邀請他們一起參加短途旅游以便增進交流。八年后的今天，他的公司已經實現了盈利，去年的收入達到了600萬美元。

????本文作者Verne Harnish為經理人教育機構Gazellas公司首席執行官。

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5. Search for free advice at home

????What's the first thing Jacksonville's Clint Drawdy did when he left a corporate recruiting company to start his health care IT firm iMethods? "I opened my church directory," he says. That's how he found a local banker to join his all-volunteer board. The banker helped him attract a CPA, a lawyer, and contacts in sales and operations. Drawdy buys them lunch and invites them on outings where they can network. Eight years later the company is profitable; it had revenue of $6 million last year.

????--Verne Harnish is the CEO of Gazelles Inc., an executive education firm.

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