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…
EXITING YOUR BUSINESS IN 2024?
What will 2024 look like for company owners exiting their business? I was asked this a couple of times last week, so why not post about it? This time last…
WHERE BUSINESS OWNERS GO WRONG WITH EXITS
I see patterns :-) So I pulled together three of the most common things which get missed - and prevent business owners getting the outcome they want… VALUATION GAP. There’s…
NEURODIVERSE TALENT WILL BOOST YOUR BUSINESS
Why should you be actively hiring for neurodiversity? It’s hard to think of many elite entrepreneurs who could be classed as having a neurotypical brain. IKEA founder, Ingvar Kamprad had…
EMBRACE AUTOMATION OR YOUR BUSINESS WILL FAIL
A crisis is brewing for companies who resist automation. If you don’t put the right infrastructure in place soon, your company will die. Manual processes will cripple your scalability, drain…
STANDING OUT IN A CROWDED MARKET IN 2024
STANDING OUT IN A CROWDED MARKET IN 2024 Seems like every niche is getting more competitive these days… And the time it takes to disrupt virtually any business (like yours)…