As a business advisor, commercial lawyer and owner manager I have seen all kinds of outcomes. Expected. Unexpected. Unforeseeable. Great. Terrible. Indifferent. Here are some of my thoughts on outcomes...
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For most owner managers learning to read financial statements is on the job training. While it does not take long for most of us to learn to read profit and...
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Contracts are for honest people. They are like locks on your house. An honest person will test the door and accept they cannot enter if they find it locked. A...
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Some businesspeople are successful. Repeatedly. Some businesspeople are unsuccessful. Repeatedly. Repeated success is often a sign of smarts, especially smarts in forecasting. Get forecasting right, repeatedly, in business, and you...
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Rules of thumb and financial analysis tools are critical for real estate professionals. They provide the basic building blocks needed to understand appraisals and valuations, to compare investment opportunities, to...
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Company Letterhead To: All Company Directors As President of the Company, I hereby certify to all members of the Company board of directors that the Company has accrued, collected, remitted...
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The subject of directors’ roles, duties and liabilities has been thoroughly canvassed in several books and journals.[1] Much of that material is aimed at directors of public companies or not-for-profit...
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As a business advisor, commercial lawyer and owner manager risk is baked into everything I do. After fourty years in business, here are some of my thoughts on risk from...
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Although it has been around for decades, venture capital gained incredible visibility among owner managers during the 1990s. Unfortunately, many people failed to fully understand what venture capital was all...
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