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The Zen Approach to Growth

Creating a successful company doesn’t mean building the largest one. It’s letting the right size find you

THE OWNERS OF HomeMade Pizza Co., a local Chicago pizza joint I used to frequent, had a great concept. They made ready-to-bake pizzas that you’d buy at one of their shops and then bring home to finish cooking yourself. Their particularly clever premise was that the pizza was always freshly made but then served perfectly hot because it came out of

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