Scaling Up Businesses
How to grow a business in tough times?
In their book “Great By Choice” Jim Collins and Morten Hansen dispel a number of entrenched myths about what makes companies great in tough times. What do you think about..
What if you’re hit by a bus?
Risk Management What if you’re hit by a bus? Who takes over? You know you need an up-to-date will, right? But what else needs to be in place if you can no longer run the business? This is something many business owners don’t want to think about. Yet it’s SO important. It’s part and parcel […]
Are you leaving money on the table?
Marketing · Valuation Are you leaving money on the table? Most businesses are. The gold is in the list. Want to increase sales without much outlay? Build an email list of clients, leads and prospects, and keep in touch with a simple, inexpensive newsletter. It can produce an excellent return on investment. How a list […]
The Indispensable Owner
Risk Management · Systems Is there an indispensable person in your business? Worse still, is it YOU? An indispensable person is a major RISK. And a BOTTLENECK. They’re the person with the expertise, knowledge or experience in one particular part of the business. Often it’s a piece of software the business relies on. Maybe even […]
Reinvent Your Business Before You Have To!
Risk Management · Mindset COVID gave you no warning. AI is giving you plenty. Reinvent your business before you HAVE to. The owners who reinvent early get to choose what happens next. Everyone else waits for the market to choose for them. 🎧 Prefer to listen? Jenish Pandya and I talk about getting found in […]
Formula For Success In Hitting Business Targets To Increase Business Value
Mindset · Valuation Why you keep missing your business targets. You know what to do. You know how. So why don’t you hit them? To grow the value of your business, you set targets. More profit. Better systems. Less reliance on you. Plus financial goals, production goals, customer goals, and all kinds of KPIs. We […]