Look Beyond the Price Tag and the Term Sheet to Identify the Best Buyer. There comes a point in every entrepreneur’s life when you begin to consider selling a business. There are plenty of reasons, maybe millions of reasons. Perhaps you’re ready to retire....
The Benefits of Work-Life Balance Let’s start with why would you want some work-life balance. There are a lot of arguments that people with balanced life don’t get a lot of exciting stuff done, right? It would help if you were unbalanced to get some...
Internal Candidates are Your Best Bet–Unless it’s Time for a Strategic Shakeup. If you serve on a company’s board–whether it’s a startup or a larger, public company–you’ll face the prospect of CEO selection someday. There are...
What Does Your View of a Work-Life Balance Look Like? When I have conversations about entrepreneurial companies with bankers, it’s pretty common to hear bankers look down on some businesses as “just a lifestyle business.” The bankers are saying that...
As a Leader, are You Overmanaging? A leadership concept that goes back about 60 years is called Theory X versus Theory Y. Leaders typically fall into one of these two management styles. If you believe in Theory X, it means you don’t trust the people who work for...
