Ego In Business Is Toxic

Ego In Business Is Toxic

“Ego in business is toxic”. It’s a piece of advice that I received from the CEO I used to work for after I had told him I was going to start my own business. It’s something that I have always held on to. Those of us who start businesses have to...
Funding Business Growth Internally

Funding Business Growth Internally

Most business owners want to grow the size of their business.  Actually, if we really dig in to that statement it might be better to say that most business owners want to grow the value of their business.  Bluntly, we all want our businesses to be worth...
The Levers of Business

The Levers of Business

As a leader in business there is a lot you need to do to manage it.  This post is not going to tell you about all the operational and people issues you need to consider it is purely to describe the financial levers you have at your disposal.  Each of them...
Make the Trend your Friend

Make the Trend your Friend

Measure, Measure and Measure again is how the good saying goes… But it’s rubbish in my view, unless you measure the same thing, consistently, over a decent period of time to see whether it is going up, down or sideways. I’ll show you a bunch of...
Want to Maximise Value? Accrue, Accrue, Accrue

Want to Maximise Value? Accrue, Accrue, Accrue

I’m not sure what your focus with your business is right now? Raise funds to fund business growth Thinking about selling Well before you do anything you need to be switching your accounting from cash based to accrual.  No arguments.  Do it. Why?...