Feature One You will enjoy this well written interview by Susan Moran.
Feature Two You will enjoy this well written interview by Susan Moran.
Feature Three You will enjoy this well written interview by Susan Moran.
Feature Four You will enjoy this well written interview by Susan Moran.
Feature Five You will enjoy this well written interview by Susan Moran.

Based on three years of in-depth research, David Thomson's Blueprint to a Billion™ provides the first quantitative assessment of the success pattern common across a distinct group of 387 "Blueprint Companies"-the 5% that have IPO'd since 1980 and grown to $1 billion in revenue. They represent America's highest growth companies; they uniquely achieved exponential revenue growth and returns.

Don't miss 4 really great articles that have hit the press over the last two weeks. The book has hit an inflection point! It has moved up to between 400 and 1000 on Amazon. On Tuesday last, the day after the NY Times interview was published, the book was within 36 rank positions of Jack Welch's "Winning". Watch out, here we come! I know you will enjoy the hard work and reporting/writing in:

NY Times, May 1 Featured Interview
You will enjoy this well written interview by Susan Moran. It was featured on the front page index of the Small Business Section.

Inside-Outside Leadership:
Read the latest on Inside-Outside Leadership from the latest issue of the Leader to Leader Journal - from Leader to Leader, formerly the Peter Drucker Foundation.

The 7 Essentials of 2005's Blueprint Companies
If you haven't read May's Fortune Small Business, you better read the cover story "Batting a Billion" This 15 page special provides multiple interviews from the Blueprint Class of 2005.

Learning From the Masters
Heralded by attendees as "one of a kind experience", learn from the real world experiences from the Chairman Emeritus of Staples, the Chairman of Network Appliance and the EVP Business Development from P&G.

Inside-Outside Leadership

The featured article in this month's Leader to Leader Journal (formerly the Peter Drucker Foundation). A new insight in leadership that will only make you a better leader.

Blueprint Companies need steady-handed managers, largely internally focused, who bring stability to an enterprise growing at lightning speed. These individuals exhibit control, discipline, and predictability. But such companies also need outward-facing leaders who are highly exploratory--particularly with business relationships and marketing opportunities. Thus Blueprint Companies need not one but a pair of leaders. >>more

For the complete text of the article, visit www.leadertoleader.org. Please select the Featured Article “Inside-Outside Leadership for Exponential Growth
by David G. Thomson”. Also, don't forget to download an excellent podcast of Frances Hesselbein, Chairman of the Leader to Leader Institute - formerly Peter Drucker Foundation; Marshall Goldsmith, Executive Coach and Thought Leader; and Joe Scarlett, Chairman of Tractor Supply.