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It is a well known fact that about 90% of all the companies around the world are privately held, meaning they are owned andor controlled by a relatively small number of people. Typically these individuals are bound together by much more than the business, they are generally related to one another by blood, marriage, or long term friendships. Many are held together by all three. There are legions of professionals who work with these types of organizations. I expect you are one of them, even though you may not have thought of it is those terms. Some of you are accountants, or lawyers, or financial planners under armour speedform gemini australia , or mediators or business and family counselors. Or you may be a web site designer, Internet strategist, marketing consultant, sales trainer, customer service expert or management consultant. But you have identified your target by their industry or by their place in the chain from manufacturing to retail delivery of their products. 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