The Portfolio Partnership Creates The Hub
I founded The Portfolio Partnership (TPP) in 2009 to help management fulfill their potential, to scale their business, safely, operationally aligned to their strategy, creating a predictable economic model. I’ve worked with amazing people, dedicated to improving the...
Building Businesses Buyers Love to Buy – #5 Customer Dependency
Buyers hate dependency. Dependency on the owner, one product or one customer. The post acquisition risk is just too high. This post discusses the problem of relying on one or even a couple of customers and what you can do. Many years ago when I was advising an IT...
Building Businesses Buyers Love to Buy – #9 Owner Dependency
Buyers hate dependency, especially if the business revolves around one person. Of course it’s a risky strategy for the health of the business, whether you ever attempt to sell your business or not. So how do we dilute the dependency the business has on one...
Scaling Businesses Using Projects – 6 Step Tool
The biggest barrier to scaling a business is often the culture. Bad culture allows silo-thinking to dominate. Smart, successful cultures let dynamic, multi-departmental projects be defined and executed in a spirit of collaboration. Egos minimized. Results are key....
CEOs – Are You Increasing Shareholder Value?
As the CEO and, let’s say, owner of a private company, I would argue that you are in the asset management business – all be it with one asset. The question therefore that requires to be answered is, are you increasing shareholder value? CEOs of public...Operational Excellence For Exits
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