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Building corporate infrastructure Delivering and exceeding expectations Empowering managers Flexibility Luck Lucrative incentives to keep good people People Processes to improve and assure quality Right business models Technical skills Corporate governance Grow infrastructure to keep up with revenue Internal communications Know when is the right time to invest in your infrastructure Learn how to move employees into new roles and responsibilities Learn how to say "no" to customers Maintain corporate culture Recruit and keep good people Standardize business processes Building a business development structure Capitalization and managing cash flow Financial management Getting the right people into the company and the right jobs, getting the wrong people out Hiring good senior managers Managing change Overcoming small-business stereotypes Preparing for full and open competition Surviving the loss of a key employee Teaching leadership skills as the company grows; different skills are needed at different levels Transition from entrepreneur to CEO Creating a good work environment Finding people, especially with security clearances Finding teaming opportunities with larger contractors Managing customers with tight budgets More competition Transition from small to midsize Business intelligence Business process outsourcing Collaboration and integrated communications Content management Defense Department Enterprise performance measurement Enterprise systems management and help desk Health care Homeland Security Department IT security Knowledge management solutions Logistics Managing agencies infrastructure National intelligence agencies Procurement support Project management support Web-based applicationsBased on an e-mail survey of companies on the .