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Aug 2, 2020
A Growing Online Threat For Private Companies: 6 Steps You Need to Consider Right Now
This topic is a bit of a departure from our normal advice. But we’ve run into this at such an increasingly alarming rate that…
Jun 28, 2020
Valuation, Discount Rates and Management Actions (Steps to Increase Company Valuations)
A company’s intrinsic valuation is based on its projected future cash flows and the perceived risk of the company achieving these future cash flows.…
Jun 4, 2020
Why You Need A Weekly Dashboard
Too often, businesses we start working with don’t understand quantitatively what is going on in their business during a month. It usually isn’t clear…
May 17, 2020
Will this be the year you seriously drive up the value of your company?
If you have resolved to make your company more valuable in 2021, you may want to think hard about how your customers pay. If…
May 3, 2020
Stress Test Your Business Before It Is Too Late
(10 Simple Steps To Emerging On The Other Side) In every recession we hear calls from the Fed for banks to run stress tests…
Apr 26, 2020
Critical Cash Management Steps In A Crisis
Millions of business owners are going through an unprecedented, challenging and uncertain time. While we may yearn to go back to the pre-Covid world,…
Apr 5, 2020
The SBA Is Offering Forgivable Loans – Emerge Can Help Cut Through The Red Tape – For Free
Last week several iterations of the requirements for the SBA's Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) were circulated and the program officially began accepting applications on…
Mar 22, 2020
What You Need To Do This Week To Help Your Business Weather the Coronavirus
The last couple of weeks have unfolded in a way that was likely not one of the downside scenarios even the most prudent business…
Mar 7, 2020
5 Ways To Get Your Business To Run Without You
Some owners focus on growing their profits, while others are obsessed with sales goals. Have you ever considered making it your primary goal to…
Feb 15, 2020
Taking the Pulse of Your Company
A blood pressure test for your business When was the last time you had your blood pressure tested? Taking your blood pressure is one…
Feb 7, 2020
Market Share vs. Addressable Market
Imagine you’re a farmer and you’ve been tending to your crops all year. It’s harvest season and finally time to collect the spoils of…
Nov 17, 2019
Prevention is better than cure
To grow a valuable business – one you can sell – you need to set up your company so that it is no longer…