Is Your Banker Your Partner or an Order-Taker?
Life is about building relationships. Indeed, we all have a group of important people in our lives – be it siblings, spouses, or friends – who “make our world work.” They know all there is to know about us, are integral to our well-being, and we cannot imagine life without them. The same can be […]
You are not the person I hired
Like many closely held business owners, you may be struggling to take your company to the next level. Wouldn’t it be great to double or triple revenue? How about doubling profit? What’s holding you back? Poor marketing? A hit or miss sales system? Lack of leadership? Any one of these could be holding you back, […]
Sometimes the Leader Needs a Push
If you run a viable, privately-held business, you’ve probably navigated some difficult terrain successfully, all on your own. Even so, as you continue to grow your business that very growth will present with you a bunch of new and unique problems. How will you continue to thrive going forward? Who can tell you if you’re […]
Go From Lone Wolf to Leader of the Pack
It’s a pretty safe bet that if you own a viable, privately-held business you have excellentoperational skills. Day-to-day you “make the trains run on time.” But how well do you recognize and evaluate options or make good decisions when it comes to strategy? Can you identify bold moves that will propel the business beyond incremental […]
Stock Sales
In a stock sale, the corporation’s stockholders sell their shares of the corporation’s stock to a buyer in exchange for cash, property, other stock, the assumption of their debts, or something else of value. Any sale of stock should be done subject to a stock purchase agreement. There is no such thing as a “one-size-fits-all” […]