In spite of 19th-hole braggadocio about rising sales figures, bottom-line results, and upcoming prospects, businesses do stall and stagnate. Streamline.com was a raging Internet stock until it ran into a wall. Kodak used to be a Wall Street favorite, and now it's struggling to find itself. P&G once had 99.44 % acceptance; now the tide seems to have turned. For years, Xerox set the standard; then it lost direction.

BEFORE YOU SELL-SELL-SELL, MARKET-MARKET-MARKET! by Emily Huling It's 8 o'clock Tuesday morning. You have your prospect list in hand. Every Tuesday and Thursday you diligently put aside t...