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Is your CFO a bookkeeper or a strategist?
Here’s one that most small company founders and CEO’s miss until it may be too late. What is the role of a chief financial officer in growing and protecting the company? How about co-strategist? I recently coached a CFO in … Continue reading
Three qualities of a great leader
There are lots of ways to measure a great leader. Here are three that should resonate with you as leader and with those who follow you. These qualities are applicable whether you are leading your company, a board, or a … Continue reading
Posted in Growth!, Surrounding yourself with talent
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Hit the hardest issues first!
Reorder your priorities for maximum impact. There are two reasons to consider reordering your priorities to attack your most critical issues first, before the easiest ones to knock off the list. First, you are fresher at the start of a … Continue reading
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Can you stretch the truth to make your point?
How easily it happens… Sometimes it is easy for someone to make a statement that, in the enthusiasm of the moment or to make a point, crosses the line between fact and fiction. Sometimes it seems to you to be … Continue reading
Do you really need a board of directors?
First, the short answer No matter what your size, if you intend to grow your business into more than just a lifestyle workplace, you should create a board of directors. If you take money from knowledgeable investors, you will be … Continue reading
Posted in Growth!, Protecting the business
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When to pivot from your original plan?
Plans do not often work as devised. We are not always smart about the market or the product. We may miss the context of the times and come to market too soon or too late. We might not have researched … Continue reading
Posted in Finding your ideal niche, Growth!, Positioning
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Switching costs: A competitive advantage?
We know that one of the ways we hold onto our customers is if there are high switching costs to move away to a competitor. But how about the other side of the coin? Do you have an estimate of … Continue reading
Posted in Growth!, Positioning
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Could you achieve ten percent net income each month?
How planning is done today Most entrepreneurs and managers, when modeling their business operations using a spreadsheet, start with expected revenue by month. Then they calculate cost of sales, and then project their expenses, to find the bottom-line profit or … Continue reading
Posted in Growth!, Protecting the business
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Can you defend your plan without being defensive?
When meeting with investors or even your board, during the period devoted to feedback after your presentation, you will hear comments and recommendations that don’t resonate with you. Some will be from a misunderstanding of your explanation. Some listeners will … Continue reading
What’s the most important thing in a young business?
Cash is everything to a new business. How many times do we have to say this? The days of being able to trust that there will be an investor or lender on the other end of a call or email … Continue reading
Posted in Growth!, Ignition! Starting up
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