Sep 21, 2020 | Thoughts
So, you’ve found the buyer, received a letter of interest, signed it, and exclusively tied your company up for a period to complete the deal. Everyone on the board is anxious to close this. You’ve committed time to do whatever is needed. You’ve informed your top management of the pending but still secret deal and […]
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Sep 16, 2020 | Thoughts
Yes, we’re invincible when young When we are young and early in our business lives, we feel infallible to the degree that we do not think of what might happen if we die while in office or decide to leave the company for any reason. Such thoughts just do not occur to most of us […]
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Sep 3, 2020 | Thoughts
The need for real time information From sports car to aircraft to super tanker, successful operation depends upon the pilot’s understanding and urgent timely use of a dashboard. Real time information is critical to real time decision-making, and increasingly in the modern business world, decisions are made by management without extended meetings or discussion with others. […]
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Aug 26, 2020 | Thoughts
Sometimes the end game or sale of the company is not a happy event. Especially when outside investors, venture capitalists, or angels have put in substantial money and the sales price is less than the value of their investment. Most experienced VC and angel investors have found themselves in such a situation, since it is […]
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Aug 11, 2020 | Thoughts
Catching up from past insights Growing companies usually require more working capital during their periods of rapid growth. In past insights we have calculated the amount of additional capital needed for a business as it grows, and the additional capital required is often surprisingly large. In this insight, we need to speak of the sources […]
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