by Ian Smith | Apr 14, 2015 | Scaling
Scaling is Growth with CAPS – Control, Alignment, Predictability and Safety. Or in order of importance: Alignment, Control, Predictability and therefore Safety. But that doesn’t make a great mnemonic! But here is the problem. Most private businesses can’t scale...
by Ian Smith | Mar 17, 2015 | Entrepreneurship
This blog was posted on LinkedIn last week and received nearly 9000 views, 325 likes and 33 comments. It’s important we understand and share this stuff. There are 27.3 million enterprises in the US. The following breakdown should be understood to give you...
by Ian Smith | Nov 14, 2013 | CEO, Chief Operating Officer, Execution Tips
But they can make great leaders! However as stated in Part 1 of this post, the CEO needs help executing her vision. Some people are just really good at getting stuff done. They are very detailed oriented. They are relentless at follow through. Sometimes the CEO just...
