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Beyond the Textbook: What you can’t learn in college

Doug Diamond

Lesley Mallow Wendell

AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION: The Ins and Outs of a Good Shareholder Agreement

What To Ask The Person In the Mirror - Harvard Business Review
 

Beyond the Textbook: What you can’t learn in college
 Paralleledge

Eric Janson learned his core business from a text book he read for pleasure, on his own time, after college. Computer-aided design (CAD) was relatively new in the early 1980’s, still cutting edge in the pre- Microsoft Windows era. Eric set out to integrate his interests and skills with a hunch about the role of computers in engineering and architectural design.

Today, his company, Parallel Edge, is ten years old and nine employees strong. Eric created the company to provide CAD and network systems management services to the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) markets. Named for a design term that soon will be obsolete because of CAD, Parallel Edge was built on the uncommon belief that sales and service need not compete.

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Eric Janson


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  • Doug Diamond
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    dooug diamond

    Doug is currently running a CEO Think Tank in Montgomery County. Please feel free to check out his web site.

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  • Lesley Mallow Wendell
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    Lesley Mallow Wendell

    Lesley is currently running a CEO Think Tank in Delaware County. Feel free to visit her web site.

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  • AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION: The Ins and Outs of a Good Shareholder Agreement
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    We know that a number of you have partners or other people who own an equity stake in your company. For those of you who do, or are considering doing so, check out the following by Andy Romberger with FoxRothschild. Some great advice on what TO do to ensure that everything goes as smoothly as possible in these types of arrangements. And, for questions, please feel free to contact Andy at
    ARomb erger@foxrothschild.com

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  • What To Ask The Person In the Mirror - Harvard Business Review
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    No matter how talented and successful you are, you will always make mistakes. You will develop bad habits. The world will change...and behaviors that once worked will be rendered ineffective...That's when it's time to ask yourself a few questions, which might be more important than the answers..." To take a look at those questions, check out "What to Ask the Person in the Mirror" at www.hbr.org. Reprint R070H

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