Wednesday, March 14, 2012

The challenges of growth

PASSION ASIDE, DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BRING YOUR BUSINESS INTO THE MAJOR LEAGUES? HERE ARE THE SECRETS OF SOME WHO MADE THE BIG LEAP

John Sleeman was within a hairbreadth of realizing his dream. He'd sold his previous venture, rounded up private investors and sold a chunk of his new company to the Stroh Brewing Co. of Detroit. It was 1988, and the Sleemans were getting back into the beer business after a 55-year hiatus. John's great-great-grandfather had launched the clan into brewing in Canada in 1834, and Guelph, Ontario, became home to several generations of Sleeman beer-makers. But one fateful day in 1933 the government had shown up, padlocks in hand; seems John's …

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