The 7 People Every Business Needs in its Network

In business, there's so much you need to know to get everything right. Yet, maybe you don't need to know it all. Maybe you just need to know the people who know what you don't.

That's the premise that led to this month's column in PROFIT Magazine: the seven people you need on speed-dial to make sure you get authoritative, objective answers when you need them.

Who are the Munificent Seven? The industry old-timer, a marketing guru, an exit specialist, and more. Click through to meet the whole gang. http://www.profitguide.com/?p=44771

I got a kick out of the illustration PROFIT commissioned for the piece (a nice piece of work by Marc Sullivan). Somehow, my name slipped onto the speed-dial menu, too.

Please don't call after 10 pm.