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Tallahassee Democrat, Fla., Jerry Osteryoung Column.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

| May 30, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 1999 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

By Jerry Osteryoung, Tallahassee Democrat, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

May 30--NOT ALL CUSTOMERS ARE CREATED EQUAL: "Advice is like snow -- the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind." -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Recently I met with an entrepreneur who was getting burned out. He felt that he could no longer meet his customers' expectations. His business had grown, but he was still treating customers who were placing $200 orders the same as customers who were placing $5,000 orders.

This entrepreneur (who is also the outside salesman) believed he had to go to a customer is business to go …

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