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    Lessons from the Real World 1: Applying Business Examples to Opportunity Development

    NOTE: This post is the first in a series of three posts expanding on ideas in a recent webinar I conducted for the APMP California chapter with the same title. Many people working in proposals think proposal development has little if anything in common with other professions. How often, for example, do you feel at […]

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