What Prompted This Book

The year was 2000. I had just started my 13th year in business. My banker called me and asked if we could meet for coffee.

I don’t know about you, however when anyone from a financial institution asks me for a meeting, my antennae start twitching. What was this all about? Both my business and personal equity lines were with this bank. My debts had been paid in full for some time.

Did he know something I didn’t? If so, what?

We arranged to get together the following morning. It was with some relief that I heard my banker say, “Ann Marie, I’d like you to speak at our Sales Blitz next month. I’ve watched you grow a lean and mean business on a shoestring budget, with a tiny staff. I’d like you to explain to our sales team ...

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