THE OPERATING MANUAL FOR BUSINESS
There are a litany of books on businesses and how to run them. Reducing all that information to a sort of “how-to” or operating manual is not so common though….
Read more »COVID-19 STARTUP UPDATE: IMMEDIATE ACTIONS TO TAKE
The Coronavirus COVID-19 has the potential to become the most disruptive economic event in more than 100 years. The medical impacts are tragic and the anxiety of unknown outcomes prior…
Read more »ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT JOINING A STARTUP? SOME TIPS TO CONSIDER
Let me start by stating the obvious: all startups companies are not created equally. There are, indeed, a lot of similarities, such as a driven passion by the Founder(s) eager…
Read more »Succession Planning and the New Year
Reflecting upon the events of 2019, I feel one of the most troubling was an event that occurred as a large project was coming to an end. As the project…
Read more »SUCCESSION PLANNING AND THE NEW YEAR
Reflecting upon the events of 2019, I feel one of the most troubling was an event that occurred as a large project was coming to an end. As the project…
Read more »NEW DATA PRIVACY LAWS GREATLY INCREASE A COMPANY’S CYBERSECURITY EXPOSURE
On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) takes effect and most companies are not ready to deal with its impact on their businesses. This is largely because…
Read more »TOP FIVE START-UP MISTAKES
Entrepreneurs are often brilliant, as they think outside the box and have no shortage of passion for their next new ideas. These market disruptors and market creators will continue to…
Read more »DEALING WITH THE BAY AREA WAGE FRENZY
Recent reports on tracking compensation – published by PayScale and Glassdoor* – show swelling salaries for professionals in technology roles. As companies now increase the use of computing power for…
Read more »IS YOUR COMPANY GETTING THE MOST OUT OF ITS CRM SOLUTION?
ARE YOU USING YOUR SOLUTION EFFECTIVELY? For the last twenty years, organizations have invested billions of dollars in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions, as well as their follow-on complementary solutions…
Read more »WHEN TO ADD FINANCIAL EXPERTISE IN A GROWING BUSINESS?
Of the many decisions a business leader faces with a growing enterprise, decisions about when (and at what level) to add financial expertise can be one of the most obscure. …
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