This section focuses on why companies fail. Often success depends upon avoiding failure.
Your company will fail. V1
Your company will fail. V1 What is the purpose of this article? This article enables a discussion about your company’s long-term survival and competitively differentiated returns to investors. The audience for this article includes: individual investors, institutional investors, boards of directors, CEOs and the C-Suite. This article does not provide tax, legal or financial advice. … Continue reading Your company will fail. V1
Why will your company fail? V3
Why will your company fail? V3 What is the purpose of this article? Enable Corporate Leadership (the board of directors, CEO, C-Suite, and any controlling shareholders) to discuss the degree to which your company is positioned to fail. This article does not provide tax, legal or financial advice. You must do your own research and … Continue reading Why will your company fail? V3
Is your company planning to fail? V4
What is the purpose of this article? The audience for this article is corporate leadership (i.e. boards of directors, C-Suite, and controlling shareholders). The focus is on the characteristics of corporate leadership talent which maximizes the chances the chances of your company failing (i.e. going out of business or providing poor returns to investors). This … Continue reading Is your company planning to fail? V4
If you are in survival mode, should you still consider the long-term?
Few companies survive. Avoiding survival mode and getting out of survival mode requires the talent which can develop and execute a competitively differentiated business plan. The foundation for survival is competitively differentiated talent on the board and in the C-Suite. The core reason few companies survive is because there is a shortage of talent. Overview … Continue reading If you are in survival mode, should you still consider the long-term?
Why is learning critical for your company’s success? V2
What it the purpose of this article? Enable founders, CEOs, boards of directors, C-suite, and investors to discuss what people need to learn and how to learn. The focus is on your company’s value creation plan. The concepts also apply to all other parts of your company. You can download a PDF of this article … Continue reading Why is learning critical for your company’s success? V2
Can your CEO pass this simple startup investor test?
The two-fold purpose of this article is to: Enable CEO’s of established revenue generating companies to identify some potential survival issues. Enable startup founders to assess if they have some deal-killer issues from an investors point of view and from a survival perspective. You may download a PDF of this article from: Can your CEO … Continue reading Can your CEO pass this simple startup investor test?
How will startups destroy your company?
What is the purpose of this article? Help startup founders understand what’s necessary to destroy incumbents. Help incumbent board of directors, CEO, C-Suite, and investors to understand what must change to both survive attacks by startups and to destroy established competitors. You can download a PDF of this article from: How will startups destroy your … Continue reading How will startups destroy your company?
Is your company actually a startup?
What is the purpose of this article? Help shareholders, the board of directors, and C-Suite have a fact-based discussion regarding the status of your company. You can download a PDF of this article from: Is your company actually a startup What are the critical learnings in this article? The leaders of many long-established companies are … Continue reading Is your company actually a startup?
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