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Preisinger: Selling WriterGirl at the expense of its culture means failure

Christy Preisinger · She Runs on a Cultural Balance Sheet Instead of a Financial One · Mar 6, 2024 · at 20:31

Christy Preisinger is the owner and CEO of WriterGirl, a remote healthcare content agency.

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“I don't have an intention to sell it at this point, but that I said if I sold it and walked away with bags of money and the culture that I worked so hard on, which was creating an environment where people can thrive, where every single one of them knows that they matter, that the special magic they bring would be missed if they left. If that disappeared, It would be the biggest failure of my life, other than really derailing my son's life.”

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