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		<title>Relentless Cost Cutting Will Kill Your Business</title>
		<link>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2016/09/09/relentless-cost-cutting-will-kill-your-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2016 16:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="150" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany-300x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany-300x150.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany-705x353.jpg 705w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany-450x225.jpg 450w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>Eliminating waste and unnecessary cost inside your business is critical to its long term growth, profitability and success. However, primarily focusing on reducing cost will eventually kill your company. As Gordon Bethune said, &#8220;You can make a pizza so cheap, nobody will eat it. You can make an airline so cheap, nobody will fly it.&#8221; [&#8230;]</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="150" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany-300x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany-300x150.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany-705x353.jpg 705w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany-450x225.jpg 450w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/KillTheCompany.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>Eliminating waste and unnecessary cost inside your business is critical to its long term growth, profitability and success. However, primarily focusing on reducing cost will eventually kill your company. As Gordon Bethune said, &#8220;You can make a pizza so cheap, nobody will eat it. You can make an airline so cheap, nobody will fly it.&#8221; [&#8230;]</p>
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