Business Growth_ The Winner Is?

Today we attended a breakfast meeting with about 300 people which started at 7:30am and ended at 9:00am.
The sponsor of the event was the Houston Hispanic Chamber of which we are proud members. We have watched their organization sky-rocket in less than two years so being a student of business growth, I asked several of the key members what they have done to obtain their growth, what mistakes they have made and what are their plans for future growth:

• Personal networking and being actively involved in our local business community
• Leadership at all levels of the organization with open lines of communication between departments
• Provide value to their corporate sponsors while not forgetting about their small business base
• Integrate their marketing across all media mediums effectively and outsource to their members 

Certainly there's more but what I took away from our conversation is that clear leadership with specific goals implemented strategically while blending a warm friendly "do business here" attitude always wins.

Saludos:

Jerry/CMT