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Architects Altoon + Porter
	Lay the Groundwork 3:15 \| Register or Log in \| Become a Member Starting and growing a business is not for the weak or the uninformed. To prepare, Ron Altoon and Jim Porter did their homework before they opened their architectural firm. This is Ron Altoon.
	Learn What Not To Do 2:04 \| Register or Log in \| Become a Member Ron Altoon and Jim Porter both worked in the firm of Frank Gehry who may be the most famous living American architect. This is Jim Porter.
	Use A Team Approach 1:16 \| Register or Log in \| Become a Member Rather than sell an individual star performer to their clients, Ron Altoon and Jim Porter sell the idea that the customer's project always takes center stage.
	Organize To Inspire 1:50 \| Register or Log in \| Become a Member Leave it to a couple of architects to think of their company as a three-legged stool.
	Build On Referrals 1:36 \| Register or Log in \| Become a Member If you do not get referrals from current customers, there is something very wrong with your product or service.
	Volunteer 1:40 \| Register or Log in \| Become a Member Ron is the immediate past president of the American Institute of Architects.
	Produce Quality 1:40 \| Register or Log in \| Become a Member Delivering quality as defined by its customers is the only way small companies can compete against both the big guys and the new kids on the block.
	Force Change 2:11 \| Register or Log in \| Become a Member Ron Altoon and Jim Porter tell Hattie that it is harder to build a business than a building.
	Go Global 2:41 \| Register or Log in \| Become a Member Altoon and Porter have proven that the world wants Yankee ingenuity. They give us some advice: Do your homework before you get on the airplane; bring to your international customers products and services they can't find locally; establish local strategic alliances and deliver on your promises.
	Deliver 24 X 7 2:28 \| Register or Log in \| Become a Member Ron's timing was perfect in the Fall of 1998 to turn his firm toward international work. With the Internet, customers can be served around the clock.
	Recognize That You Need Others 2:25 \| Register or Log in \| Become a Member The partners at Altoon + Porter are 21st Century leaders. They know that skilled employees do not have to do what they are told to do. Today talented people can quit working for you and go someplace else, therefore, a leader must win the hearts and minds of employees. This is partner Carl Meyer.