Mississippi Business Journal » Philip Shirley http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:16:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 GodwinGroup the ‘go-to’ firm for 75 years http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/22/godwingroup-the-%e2%80%98go-to%e2%80%99-firm-for-75-years/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=godwingroup-the-%25e2%2580%2598go-to%25e2%2580%2599-firm-for-75-years http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/22/godwingroup-the-%e2%80%98go-to%e2%80%99-firm-for-75-years/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:01:57 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=55994 In the advertising and marketing business, reaching the 75-year mark is akin to surviving the Ice Age wearing shorts, flip-flops and a tank top. You can do it, but you won’t like your odds going in. Market collapses, creative burnout, scandals, partner disputes and the death of the founder are but a few of the [...]

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