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Importance of Diversification

by Jim Gordon on March 5th, 2008

Diversity Cows

You may be wondering why I used poorly-drawn cows for this example.  Well, I stumbled upon this article from Farmers Weekly Interactive that talked about diversification among young entrepreneurial farmers:

“Successful diversification means diversification, not distraction. This can, at worst, seriously undermine the existing business.”

To pull this back to a standard business standpoint, diversification can collectively steer your business or it can negotiate turns.  Though the only difference between those two points is semantics, I think that “negotiating turns” involves more planning and communication.   If you pull like-minded people from the exact same background, you will always receive the same, predictable response - that is what I mean by collective steering.  On the contrary, pulling together an engineer, a chemist, a school teacher, and a manager could really throw some fresh ideas into the mix.

How could diversifying your business help you accomplish goals?  How could it hinder you?

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