Business Process Modeling - A Perspective

A look into the need for Business Process Modeling and the high level best practices/considerations before starting with modelling your organization's vital assets i.e. processes.

How To Maximize The Value Of Your Business

You are contemplating on selling your business and want to understand how best to maximize the value of your business. You might have heard from your industry contacts that some businesses similar to yours sold for 3 times EBITDA and some others sold for 6 times EBITDA. This variation could mean a difference of several million dollars in take-home! What makes this variation possible? How can you get the best value for your business?

Will Your Family Owned Business Survive You?

Small businesses are the backbone of the economy and most are family owned. Despite these large numbers, the sad fact is the vast majority of family owned businesses do not survive the first generation of owners.

Planning to Pass Your Business on to Family Members

Families run the vast majority of small businesses. The question is whether these businesses will survive the first generation of owners.

Have You Considered Succession Planning?

Here today. Gone tomorrow. This is obviously something most businesses do not want to think about, but should for the benefit of a business carrying on after the loss of key employees or owners.

Benchmarking as a Way of Strategic Planning Approach to Business Success

This article is to share some of the experience gained during one of the Strategic Planning Review session where the CEO adopted a Benchmarking as an approach to Strategic Planning. This approach though is not new but uncommon among many companies I worked with. Traditional analytical tools such as PEST, 5-forces of competitions, SWOT etc. were not used. Does it worked?

A New Era for New Era

New Era is the largest sports licensed head wear company in the world. They have been in business for over 80 years and it shows. Their workmanship can be seen on the heads of many, from Jay-Z to Prince William, Major League Baseball teams to NBA members.

Corporate Data Backup a Must in Today's Business World

In today's fast-paced and cutthroat business world, the loss of vital business documents can mean ruin and disaster for any company. Remote online backup is the most practical and cost effective way for businesses to ensure the protection of such documents.

The Hare And The Tortoise

Sometimes it is appropriate to change strategy and try something different. And sometimes it is appropriate to do both.

Business Plan - Critical to Success

A business plan is a must. The process of creating one forces you to organize your dreams and goals into a specific strategy. It brings forth issues you may have forgotten – maybe not thought of at all yet. It helps organize your efforts and focus them on the ultimate goal: Success.

Agents - Are You Struggling to Tame the Monster?

Are you overworked; stressed-out, maybe even burned out running your business? Learn how to make business ownership a more enjoyable experience and provide you the free time you thought you’d have as a business owner.

Understanding Value

Robert Bradford looks at the components of value and how an understanding of value can lead to increased profitability.

Strategic Planning- Resistance is Futile!

When preparing for the future, credit union CEOs will encounter people who dig in their heels and resist change because they want to keep things exactly how they have been for years. Some of these people will be credit union board members, and some will be in the managerial ranks.