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          attributes the company’s continuous growth to
        
        
          its practices in the area of strategy develop-
        
        
          ment and execution. For the past 15 years, the
        
        
          company remarkably has never had a down
        
        
          year in incoming business, regardless of the
        
        
          economic conditions. Its strategy development
        
        
          is mostly based on innovative ideas that come
        
        
          from Lakeside’s employees, says Houston.
        
        
          “At Lakeside we employ very intelligent and
        
        
          creative people who thrive on solving problems
        
        
          for our customers. We find ways to improve our