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Episodes and articles on valuation, capital, strategy, and the risks that quietly suppress what a private company is worth.
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Jan 1, 2021
Rock Your Way to 2021 Profits
2021. After a most unusual 2020, never in most of our lifetimes has humanity looked with such hope at the changing of a calendar…
Oct 20, 2019
Spend Time at Work? Or With Family?
I was talking recently with a group of friends about the struggles of maintaining a work/life balance. These are all hard-working married guys in…
Jul 25, 2019
Why Core Values Matter
Like trying to steer a ship without a rudder, leading a company without a clearly articulated vision will eventually lead to aimless wanderings or…
Jul 13, 2018
Learning from Experience
Quote that came this week out of our Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses National Cohort where I lead the finance and accounting modules, "We…
Jun 25, 2018
Your Employees’ Fear Even More Terrifying Than Death
You may have seen, or at least heard of, popular surveys, that ask people to rank their fears The hilarious outcome usually ranks death…
Jun 1, 2018
It’s All About Profit. Right?
Many managers are missing key aspects of their company's performance When I review financial performance with managers of middle-market private companies I find, with…
Jan 20, 2018
Do you know why you do what you do?
Just returned from the inspiring AM&AA winter conference in Miami. A private equity equity guy on a panel made a comment that stuck with…