Conducting Business
By: Carol Gresham When you sit down to play the piano or sing a song within a group, several skill sets are required. First, hopefully, a little bit of musical…
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5 Strategies for Identifying Innovative Candidates to Replace Yourself as Founder
In 2012, Jaclyn Johnson founded Create & Cultivate, a media company that educates and inspires women to succeed in business. By 2018, Johnson had grown Create & Cultivate to…
Three Crucial Concepts in Business
Risk “The only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” Mark Zuckerberg, founder, Facebook Risk can be seen as the true currency of business today. Work is…
5 Reasons Why Now Might Be The Right Time To Sell
[responsivevoice_button] Are you trying to time the sale of your business so that you exit when both your business and the economy are peaking? While your objective to build your…
Be More than Local, Add Value!
Before Jeff Bezos & Co. blew up traditional distribution channels, there was some value in being the local guy or gal. Being the local procuct retailer was a good business…
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Invest In Your Strengths
By: Dave Godwin What is your greatest strength as a business owner? Sales? Marketing? Operations? Whatever you do well, know that it might become your Achilles’ heel. As owners, we…
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Extinct? (Peckin’ Away October)
As Lee Corso says, “Not so fast, my friend.” Just because you can’t find it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. (nwaonline.com) I’m reminded of the Colecanth, a so-called prehistoric fish which, according…
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Over-Dependency Creates Discounted Value
By: Dave Godwin CBI Executive Business Broker The Swiss are known to value their independence. They don’t use the Euro currency despite being sandwiched between France and Germany, and they…
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Sell Results Not Your Time
By: Dave Godwin CBI Senior Intermediary If your goal is to build a more valuable company, stop selling your time. Billing by the hour or day means customers are renting…
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Ten Years of $$$
By Carl Grimes (CBI Founder) The call came in with good news, good news that was ten years in the making. The call was from Laura Ruether asking what address…