The Surprising Value of Being #1
“Our culture celebrates superstars. We reward the product or the song or the organization or the employee that is number one. The rewards are heavily skewed , so much so that it’s typical for #1 to get ten times the benefit of #10, and a hundred times the benefit of...
Linking Strategy & Execution – The Bootcamp Speech
“We are all entrepreneurs but only the lucky ones know they are” Muhammad Yunus Nobel Prize winner & Founder Grameen Bank. The degree of difficulty of building a business worth $10m or more is almost impossible. You may look at a few superstars...
Making Money By Having Fun
As I was reading the Patriots post match review in the Boston Globe on Monday I was reminded of an important lesson in life – you can try too hard! In a piece by Shalise Manza Young, she writes:” After two straight losses that featured poor execution,...The Magic Years – Revisited
Back in January, I introduced you to the concept of The Magic Years. A period of time when you can really build value in your company. A period of time when your objective is to define and dominate your space. The timing of the Magic Years is decided by you and your...
10 Scary Facts About Exiting Your Business
I’ve been talking to Tom Deans (best-selling family business book) and John Leonetti (Great book – Exiting Your Business, Protecting Your Wealth) about the renewed interest in exit planning. The next 5 years are an unreasonably important time to be...Operational Excellence For Exits
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