For the last twenty years I have been working with successful high-growth firms and I have to say that a set of themes recur again and again. While this is no perfect model of business growth these themes just won’t go … [Read more...]
Start-Ups vs Casinos
I recently read that just 10% of companies that America’s top ten venture capital firms or VCs [ie private equity firms] invest in succeed. This correlates exactly with the yardstick that VCs and seed corn capitalists that I know … [Read more...]
Why is Strategy so difficult?
The failure of many strategies lies in the failure to understand whom the strategy is for. Strategy is a subject that people like to refer to, but often they don't really know what they mean by the word. We should not be … [Read more...]
Do you work with more businesses (in a relatively shallow way) or fewer but in a more intense way?
As a business coach and mentor I’m asked frequently asked the following question: Is it better to work with more clients (in a relatively shallow way) or is it better to work with fewer but in a more intense way (and therefore more … [Read more...]
PROFIT IMPROVEMENT HACKS – PART TWO
I recently shared Profit Improvement Hacks #1 if you missed the article you can read here. Profit Improvement Hacks #2 Increase the number of purchases by each customer by 3% - upsell, upgrade or whatever it takes to … [Read more...]
How Do Venture Capitalists Evaluate Your Business?
I recently worked with some European VC's on an awards process for biotech companies etc. What I found fascinating was the set of criteria used to evaluate each company presentation. Companies were scored out of 10 on the … [Read more...]
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016) HDDirector:Dave Green.Release:June 1, 2016Country:China, United States of America, Hong Kong.Production Company:Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Platinum Dunes, 5150 Action, … [Read more...]
“Are your business objectives aligned with your employee goals?”
My question for today is: Are your business objectives aligned with your employee goals? Alignment is one of those ghastly management–speak words. What it is about is: 1) employees having a clearly defined set of goals … [Read more...]
Profit Improvement Hacks – Part One
I spend most of my time talking about growing business, the importance of great customer service, building strong business strategy etc etc. But sometimes all people want to hear about is “More profit!” So, here we are 11 Profit … [Read more...]
Operation Case Study – Part One
As the marketeers scream “We want more up-to-date and more relevant materials to use!” at me, I’m afraid that they are right. Tweet this! We’re intelligent people and can always create more interesting and better content. … [Read more...]