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Keeping Culture and Engagement During COVID-19
In the last ten years, we’ve seen a trend towards more remote and work from home employees. Largely, this type of work arrangement has been a huge benefit for employees who are...
When is the best time to discover your organization’s Core Values and Core Purpose?
By Kevin O'Connor, VP Coaching & Consulting The best time to discover your organization’s Core Values and Core Purpose is yesterday! However, the end of the year can also be...
What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Barstool Sports
The growth in technology and media over the last few years has produced several notable examples of scrappy start-ups that disrupt massive markets and, in the process,...
Financial Versus Strategic Buyers
As we’ve shared on this blog before, scale-up entrepreneurs are often so busy leading their companies through the Hyper-Growth phase of the Entrepreneurial Company Lifecycle™...
Exit Plan
As we’ve shared before, we think the Entrepreneurial Company Lifecycle™ perfectly illustrates the important milestones of both growth companies, as well as growth oriented...
Acquisitions
As entrepreneurs, at some point during the life of our companies, we encounter opportunities to acquire another business as part of our growth strategy. Unfortunately, the...
Systems and Processes
In prior blog posts we’ve discussed some great topics like Core Values, Culture and Strategy, which as entrepreneurs we can easily sink our teeth into and enthusiastically...
Education and Coaching
Think for a moment about all of the knowledge and experience that you have accumulated to this point in your life. For many of us, we have gained these insights through both...
Start-Ups versus Scale-Ups
The business environment in the United States today tends to shower attention and praise on two segments – the monolithic giants and the glamorous start-ups. Yet, lost in the...
Strategy
The word “strategy” is perhaps one of the most over-used, yet least understood terms used in business. Indeed, those who benefit from complexity often shroud the term in mystery...