As a CEO, you should be working on your business, not in your business. That means not micromanaging every small aspect of your business. For many CEOs, the problem is one of letting go - …
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Manage Success
When things are going well - sales are up, customers are coming back, your email list is growing - many entrepreneurs sit on their hands and don’t dig into why things are going well. This is …
No Get Rich Quick
Spoiler Alert: Just like it is impossible to get rich quickly, one employee or supplier isn't going to fix all your problems! Many founders fall into the trap of thinking a new hire or a vendor can …
Your Team
The team that got you here won’t get you there. I get it - it’s hard to expand your team with new hires and fill it with new faces, especially since that’s probably going to mean paying less …
Just Ask
Sometimes, all you need to do is ask. I once helped a client renegotiate a rental agreement for an underperforming store. Landlords can be hard to deal with, especially big commercial operators …
Successful Frameworks
I’ve served as CFO for several restaurant groups that didn’t have a reporting system when I started. There was no way to understand the financial drivers of the business. We initially had no …
Revenue Isn’t Everything
Revenue growth isn’t everything. For revenue is too simplistic a metric to track on its own. As a growing startup, if your sole focus is on rapidly scaling revenue at all costs, you may be …
Thinking in Quarters
As a leader, you need to think in quarters. Some believe you should always be firefighting, believing that this approach will ensure your company's survival. This mentality could not be further …
Measure to Improve
What’s not measured does not get improved. This is especially the case for rapidly growing startups; with scale comes extreme pressure on existing operations. For financial operations, that …
How to Choose the Right Accounting Software for Your Startup (Revised 2020)
Entrepreneurs and small business owners are plagued with a million questions. Where to start your business? How to incorporate it? How to pay employees? Which office to lease? And so much more…. At …
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