In a previous post, I identified some of the advantages of using ratios to help gauge the health of an organization, including understanding how your organization compares not only to industry averages, but against the best you are up against. The results may provide insight into areas of improvement, and areas where the company appears [...]
Most startups fail for one of the following reasons:
Poor Management Acumen
Many entrepreneurs start relatively early and consequently do not have a lot of management experience under their belt. Often they are technical experts and lack business acumen, and either cannot or will not bring in the resources necessary for success. This one is key, because [...]
Most of the times, start ups are heads down, focused on what they need to do to keep afloat and make it to that next milestone. Every so often its good to come up for air and take stock of how you are doing compared to your competition, and your industry in general. One way [...]
I saw this great post on the blog called Conversation Agent – “7 Keys to Social Branding”. The post struck me because I thought it full of common sense. Not everyone understands or appreciates social branding or social media, but what the author, Tamsen McMahon, talks about is helping the customer understand your company, and this could [...]
I’ve seen this scenario, and it drives me bonkers.
Two people pitch their ideas to insert appropriate decision maker: upper management, venture capitalists, city council, and if you could put them on mute and study the ideas objectively you would see that one is clearly superior. The problem is that on more than one occasion, [...]
Key note speech by Jack Shaw, President of Intelligent Healthcare Technologies on accelerating innovation. Thoughtful and thought provoking speech, but be prepared, its over an hour.
I grew up in the Midwest, tornado country and we always had a plan, at school we trained by getting in the hall way, moving away from windows and making ourselves as small as possible. At home we knew where the candles, and emergency supplies were kept and the safest room in the house. Living [...]
Organizations rely on teams for critical strategies and operational tasks.
Key concepts include:
Learning is a key mechanism through which learning organizations become strategically and operationally adaptive and responsive. This is a powerful message, I’ve taken teams that together met and worked for the first time on a major implementation project, and were transferred to [...]
Common sense ideas from Harvard Business School’s Steve De Maio. Pleasing clients is a no-brainer in any economy, and now it is more important than ever as future work hinges upon client satisfaction. The following 4 tips will help with lifelong clients:
Beat the Deadline: Get work done ahead of time gives the client flexibility and [...]
A news article recently spoke of the number of public companies have been on the decline in recent years, and certainly before the current financial situation. One obvious reason might be Sarbanes-Oxley. How does this impact VC business in the Valley? Opinions are mixed, but since a lot of VCs invest for that “pop” at [...]
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