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For this article I turned to my friend Mark Addison who is an M&A, marketing and PR guru. Last year he founded XRocket which helps entrepreneurs optimize their companies for the best possible eXit / acquisition price. Their Valuation Engineering teams come in 9-12 months ahead of hiring an M&A Advisor Read more…
Instead of better glasses, your network gives you better eyes. ~ Ronald Burt The collective market cap of Social Networks (Facebook, etc.) is in the trillions of dollars. In part, this value is derived from Metcalfe’s law: the value of a network is proportional to the square of participants or… Read more…
For the country as for companies, now is the time for a re-set. Are you ready? Are we? Entrepreneurs find opportunity among chaos. Creators think about how to bend change, uncertain and inescapable, to our will. Turning disruption to our advantage is in our DNA and yours but that doesn’t Read more…
As individuals and businesses are deeply impacted by COVID-19 and its health and economic consequences, we are seeing experimentation that will change the landscape in the long term. The wine industry is no exception. With a shelter in place order, in some cases, consumption is going up. A primary distribution Read more…
One of the most important things during this pandemic is to take care of our minds as well as our bodies. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives. Change generates uncertainty and stress. And that means finding new ways to cope and even thrive. For me, this year started out Read more…
As leaders we’re expected to provide clarity and comfort during uncertain moments. Well, we’ve got an uncertain moment, bigger than any of us could likely have ever imagined. How to give direction, as well as comfort and reassurance, in a time of coronavirus? When you’re not sure yourself if all Read more…
Have you ever been in a meeting where the flow of energy of a discussion seems to dip or get blocked around one or two attendees? Not only are they not actively contributing comments or questions, something gets communicated non-verbally, perhaps not intentionally, that inhibits the free flow of ideas. Read more…
Startup founders face unending challenges from all directions. It is not possible to counter and address every single one of them, yet, knowing which ones to prioritize is important. One area of critical importance to young technology companies is setting up an Intellectual Assets (IA) strategy from the earliest days Read more…
I wasted time, now time doth waste me. – William Shakespeare Meetings move at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. – Dale Dauten, Business Author I think both Shakespeare and Mr. Dauten had the chance to go to some bad meetings. It is easy (and totally justifiable) Read more…
Kate Sackman1.14.2020 Change can be tough, whether in a company or in one’s everyday life. People get comfortable doing the same thing all the time and may feel that change will require them to act drastically different. But in a company, if your organization is attuned to change and builds Read more…