For CEO's of successful SMEs who want to scale and sell their business
Every year Inc. lists the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in America. They also survey the CEOs from the top 500 and there were some interesting findings. The top company grew an impressive 101,000% ending at some $118 million of Read More
This useful little model takes us somewhere useful, particularly in meetings, rather than get bogged down with the same old problems of blame, failure and limiting assumptions.
Last month I had the privilege to learn about the culture of Chick-fil-A, the American chicken fast food chain, and how it has built into a $6 billion company in 1900 locations. We heard from senior management, supply chain experts and Read More
Yes, it’s one of those days; grey, wet and dreary. So I need to remind myself of a few tips to pick myself up and here they are: 1. Get up and move around! 2. Trust your intuition and Read More
In order to catch up with the latest goings on the digital world I went off to Dean Street to lunch with the social media whizz, Keren Lerner. She has some great ideas and her company, Top Left Design, builds Read More
Christmas has come and gone and now it is time to plan for the next year. January brings hopes, fears and, for some, New Year resolutions that more often than not quickly turn into memories by the end of the Read More
Here is some thoughts reported by The Canadian Star on ‘experts’ by a man who decided to study experts after his financial advisers lost him 50% in the credit crunch. There are some great examples of experts that do not Read More
Here are a couple of interesting articles. The first, from Barking up the wrong tree, is about your personal performance and how in the short-term you can improve it. Does it also explain why management is generally so poor in Read More
Doug Kass of ‘The Street’ has written an interesting article on negativity and markets where he makes five main points as to why they are intrinsically positive or optimistic: • Statistically, stocks over the long run tend to rise (on Read More
A bit of “Friday Funny” but every investment bank has them and they translate to this side of the pond too. The article gives some very interesting street wisdoms showing up how qualities other than intelligence are very important. All Read More