Comments on: Build It and They Will Come http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2007/07/23/build-and-they-will-come/ Ford Harding's Blog on Rainmaking and Business Development Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:14:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 by: Hardingco Blog » Blog Archive » Build-It-and-they-Will-Come Revisited http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2007/07/23/build-and-they-will-come/#comment-7434 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:11:19 +0000 http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2007/07/23/build-and-they-will-come/#comment-7434 [...] In an old post, Build It and They Will Come, I described a common business development falicy at professional firms.  Professionals sometimes think that one heroic effort; a major presentation to a client or a speech at an association or a publication of a thoughtful article; will bring in business. It seldom happens so simply. [...] […] In an old post, Build It and They Will Come, I described a common business development falicy at professional firms.  Professionals sometimes think that one heroic effort; a major presentation to a client or a speech at an association or a publication of a thoughtful article; will bring in business. It seldom happens so simply. […]

]]> by: Richard Wilson http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2007/07/23/build-and-they-will-come/#comment-290 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:40:48 +0000 http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2007/07/23/build-and-they-will-come/#comment-290 Thanks Ford. I will go look up that book on Amazon right now. I think there is a big demand for summarizing mistakes others have made in business history that if noted could help improve the decision making abilities of executives in just about any industry. - Richard Thanks Ford. I will go look up that book on Amazon right now. I think there is a big demand for summarizing mistakes others have made in business history that if noted could help improve the decision making abilities of executives in just about any industry.

- Richard

]]> by: Ford Harding http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2007/07/23/build-and-they-will-come/#comment-93 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:44:31 +0000 http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2007/07/23/build-and-they-will-come/#comment-93 Richard: Now that you help me think about it, this is a common error among neophtes in most human endeavors. Histsorian David Hackett Fischer calls it the Prodigous Fallacy in his book, <em>Historian's Fallacies. </em>Judging from you interesting blog, it's a book you might enjoy. Thanks for the comment Ford Harding Richard:

Now that you help me think about it, this is a common error among neophtes in most human endeavors. Histsorian David Hackett Fischer calls it the Prodigous Fallacy in his book, Historian’s Fallacies. Judging from you interesting blog, it’s a book you might enjoy.

Thanks for the comment

Ford Harding

]]> by: Richard Wilson http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2007/07/23/build-and-they-will-come/#comment-92 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:13:16 +0000 http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2007/07/23/build-and-they-will-come/#comment-92 I see this all of the time in the investment sales world. Many people believe if they just got onto one investment platform or just got associated with one broker dealer business would start falling from the sky, but it never does. Hard work is the secret to rainmaking, not a single strategy or lucky break. - Richard richard-wilson.blogspot.com I see this all of the time in the investment sales world. Many people believe if they just got onto one investment platform or just got associated with one broker dealer business would start falling from the sky, but it never does. Hard work is the secret to rainmaking, not a single strategy or lucky break.

- Richard

richard-wilson.blogspot.com

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