Business strategy with Hamilton Helmer (author of 7 Powers)
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Business strategy with Hamilton Helmer (author of 7 Powers)
Their insight was framed in the language of business strategy: identify your strengths and weaknesses, assess the opportunities and risks (your opponent’s strengths and weaknesses), and build on your strengths. But the power of that strategy derived from their discovery of a different way of viewing competitive advantage—a shift from thinking about
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