All posts by: Donald Cooper

About Donald Cooper

Donald Cooper, MBA, CSP, HoF: Donald Cooper speaks and coaches internationally on management, marketing, and profitability.  He can be reached by email at donald@donaldcooper.com in Toronto, Canada.

(Time to read this Blog article is about 60 seconds) Why does your business exist?  What is its purpose and whose interests does it serve?  In 1970, the respected American economist, Milton Friedman, stated, “The one and only social responsibility of business is to engage in activities designed to increase its profits.” In 1997, the […]

(Time to read this Blog article is about 2 minutes) The Challenge: Whatever product or service you sell, wherever you sell it, your market is over-served and under-differentiated. There are too many other people selling what you’re selling and most of you look, sound and charge about the same. On top of that, new competitors […]

(Time to read this Blog is about 30 seconds) A few weeks ago, while speaking for a large company, the salespeople asked their management what was being done to improve product quality, develop new designs and price products more competitively. The response from management was that the company had only a certain amount of money […]

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