When securing funding to fuel your business expansion, the conventional practice involves issuing common stock. This is the customary avenue through which you would offer shares to individuals such as your parents, uncle, or friends and neighbors who are interested in...
Research indicates that approximately 90 percent of U.S. firms utilize a strategic management system in some capacity. In essence, they employ a system to gauge their advancement towards the strategic objectives they’ve established. Whether it’s through...
In his excellent book Antifragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who helped popularize the concept of Black Swan events, describes three kinds of systems: Fragile systems are those that can be destroyed by any negative change. Robust systems deal with good and bad changes...
Why You Can’t Raise $5 Million For Your Startup When I’m working with the CEOs of startups, our conversations focus on what the business needs to achieve success. Specifically, business funding, how much money they think they need to move from an idea or...