"Entrepreneurship is the management discipline that deals with situations of high uncertainty." - Eric Ries http://youtu.be/tqfL_ESHCrY?hd=1 Here's a short video (9 minutes) of the introduction for the financial management component of the mini-MBA course I was fortunate enough to teach last
Developing Your Concern’s Organic Growth Skills – Week’s 5 Best Posts
“Strategy is about ensuring sustained differentiation in a changing environment for better net income margins. Differentiation without better net income margins is meaningless.” - Narayana Murthy This week we will take a look at: Revving up your business’ growth - how to do so smartly,
Business Innovation to my left, Business Models to my right… oh my. – Week’s 5 Best Posts
photo via Alex Osterwalder's photostream (flickr) It was a holiday-shortened week here in the US, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to shortchange you. This week my 5 favorite business and strategy post are concentrated on insights one can use to help determine how to play the hand they’ve been dealt
How Alliances Should Fit Into Your Strategy
Over the last four months I’ve heard an increasing chorus of voices buzzing about business alliances. Much of what I hear is focused on the activities of larger institutions. Think: Redbox & Verizon joining forces to upset Netflix ABC/Disney & Nielsen’s aspiration to capture iPad user
Working on Growing Your Business? Read this. – Week’s 5 Best Posts
photo via Wikimedia Commons This week my 5 favorite business and strategy post cover: Leveraging a business’ network to develop better solutions to wicked problems Business model generation, the who (putting together the idea target market profile), the what (your point of excellence), and
The Profitability Paradox – Cash Flow Projections Why Successful Businesses Almost Always Rely on them First
All to often small businesses obsess on how much money they’re going to make, the total number of clients, and how much profit they’ll generate. What they lose sight of is the important third leg of the business stool, day-to-day cash flow; doing so almost always guarantees major problems whether
5 Hints on Overcoming Stalled Growth Strategies
This week my 5 favorite business and strategy post cover: It’s all about growing your business… here’s the how to do it smartly. What’s old is best again… networking 1980’s style. Don’t call it a comeback… 4 steps for reviving an ailing company. As, always I’m looking to share with you