As a contract COO I’ve embedded a world-class sales process in several businesses. I’ve covered the details of that process in previous posts. But the success of that process depends on a deep understanding of the procurement process of the other side – the buyer....
There was a fascinating article in the FT last week concerning Intuit and others using big data to smooth bank lending to small business. The key developments were: 7 Interesting Developments QuickBooks (owned by Intuit) have developed a platform called Quickbooks...
It could be a sales meeting, a VC meeting, a product innovation session but it’s a meeting where you need to influence the attendees in the room. How do you influence that audience? How do you pitch your idea? Social science research is always interesting. When...
I love reading research studies that help me drive businesses forward. As a contract COO I’m always worrying how to optimize the performance of the team in a fun and productive way. Over the next few posts I’m going to dive into my favorite business authors...
You may have heard of the term zero-based budgeting. The basic thesis is to look at your business through the eyes of a start up. If you were starting today from scratch, what would you spend money on? Costs creep on over time and before you know it your business is...