4 OVERLOOKED FUNDING ALTERNATIVES TO SUPERCHARGE GROWTH
Sometimes I think we’ve been conditioned to believe that external investment is the only route to business growth. Don’t get me wrong, fund raising at any stage of business growth…
IS YOUR BUSINESS RUNNING YOU INTO THE GROUND?
100 hour weeks. No proper weekends. No vacations with your phone switched off… If you feel like you’ve sacrificed a lot to achieve success in your business - you are…
5 PROVEN STRATEGIES TO MAXIMISE YOUR BUSINESS VALUATION
If you’re like the majority of business owners, you think an exit strategy is what you need before you sell your business. It’s not. It’s about creating the most valuable…
YOU NEED MORE THAN STRATEGY TO SCALE YOUR BUSINESS
What’s the simplest way to scale your business to an exit? It’s about putting your energy into what really drives value in your business, what makes it more saleable and…
WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN CREATING HEADS OF TERMS
I’ve been asked a few times about heads of terms in the last couple of weeks and what goes in them. When putting a formal M&A deal together, we have…
WHAT REALLY DRIVES THE VALUE IN YOUR BUSINESS?
Value and valuation are two different things. But they’re related. When calculating how much your business is worth, most people simply look at revenue and profit - then plug those…
7 HURDLES BUSINESS OWNERS MUST CLEAR BEFORE A PROFITABLE EXIT
Let's get straight to point. If you're thinking about an exit from your business in the next few years, the odds are stacked against you achieving maximum value. I've seen…
3 TOP PARTNERING HACKS TO BEAT THE ODDS
Nobody wants a business partnership to fail… So why do so many joint ventures, partnerships and alliances go wrong? The list is endless. But for me, successful business partnerships have…
LIFE 101 → YOU’RE NEVER TOO OLD
Some people will never get thrown on the scrapheap. Yes - it’s true there’s an age limit of 39 years and 6 months to join the Foreign Legion, but you’re…
MAGNIFY YOUR PROFITS: THE BUSINESS OWNER’S GUIDE TO VALUATION MASTERY
Grow your margins, not just your revenue or market share. In other words, focus on profit metrics. Because sustainable growth and a path to exit come from total mastery of…