February - 2014

Create Business Leverage Through Coopetition (Co-opetition)

“Coopetition (also spelled co-opetition) goes beyond competition and cooperation, combining the advantages of both. It develops win-win...

Create Business Leverage By Making Decisions When The Time Is Right

One of the principles I learned early while being trained to implement Sales & Operations Planning was to not make decisions until you...

Selling Your Business Tip #1 - Net Working Capital

Net Working Capital is subject to highly varied interpretations and can often be a source of confusion and contention in the negotiation...

Wise Business Advisors - Every Frodo Needs a Gandalf

Recently I was inspired to revisit the Lord of The Rings trilogy and noted how to me there were many similarities between the hero’s...

What You Need To Know To Sell Your Business On Exceptional Terms

The following is an excerpt of the article which is almost 6,000 words which you can read in PDF format here. Selling or buying a...

Create Business Leverage With An Exceptional SWOT Analysis

The basic SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) Analysis is universally used to identify, analyze and prioritize issues in...

PowerPoint Business Plan - Really?

For a long time I abhorred business executives using MS PowerPoint to create company presentations and calling them business plans. For...

Create Confidence and Trust with a Shareholders Agreement (SHAG)

Whether you have many or only two or three shareholders, I highly recommend a simple shareholders agreement (SHAG) to start your business...

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