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Growth Over Cuts
Why AI conversations should be about growth, not cost cutting.
How it works
- 1Cost cutting is a one-time gain. Growth compounds.
- 2Cash is king, and resilience comes first: 20% of zero is zero.
- 3Use volatility to take share from competitors who aren't ready.
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