Exiting your business is a lot like selling a very good used car (or the home you’ve lived in for 25 years). A lot can look good on the outside, but a lot can go wrong if the buyer takes a good look at the inside. That’s why you want to start early, get a skilled...
We took on a new client back in 2019, a British entrepreneur who wanted to open a food and entertainment venue in Los Angeles to copy a successful model he’d developed in London. While he researched possible locations, we helped him refine his business plan, polish...
It’s amazing how some business problems just keep coming around again and again. I looked at some of our published guidance from 25 years ago and saw an interesting piece on the disloyal attitude that so many employees had for their employers (often richly deserved, I...
I’ve been reading headlines recently about newly hired CFOs at several large companies. Some eye openers to be sure: PayPal delivered a package worth $6 million to their new financial guy. Walmart threw in a $5 million signing bonus, Pfizer paid their new CFO $5...
If you sit on a Board or invest in equities (and read about how they’re doing) you have seen those powerful initials many times. Environment, Social, Governance – the phrase intended to fix everything that is self-serving about corporate America. Just one small...
