Business Leadership Archives

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5 Management Responsibilities that Aid the Sales Process

Tags: Business Leadership, Business Management, Employment & Labor Dynamics, Selling Your Business, Valuation,

Maintaining an honest dialogue with members of all management team positions during the negotiations can help lead to a successful outcome.

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4 Acquisition Financing Structures for Buyers

Tags: Business Leadership, Buying a Business, Mergers, Acquisitions & Integrations, Selling Your Business,

When buying a business, buyers may use any four acquisition financing structures: cash purchase, third-party funding, seller financing and stock swaps.

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5 Mistakes Avoided by All Successful Entrepreneurs

October 15, 2019
/ Business Owners & Executives
/ By Matt Niksa

Tags: Business Leadership, Business Management, Business Planning, Small Business, Start-Ups & Entrepreneurship,

Successful entrepreneurs know the importance of delegation, a good idea and lessons to be learned from failure. Avoid these five mistakes made by startups.

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Why Startups Fail: 5 Mistakes that Lead to Failure

September 26, 2019
/ Business Owners & Executives
/ By Matt Niksa

Tags: Business Leadership, Business Management, Business Planning, Life-Work Balance, Start-Ups & Entrepreneurship,

Empowering Entrepreneurs Despite Difficult Odds Nine out of ten startups fail. That’s the bleak truth. While this statistic may discourage some entrepreneurs, it should also encourage them to learn how to avoid the fate of those other nine. Here are five reasons why startups fail and how entrepreneurs can avoid common mistakes. The more you […]

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Without Good Governance, Family Businesses Go Nuclear

September 17, 2019
/ Business Owners & Executives • Columns
/ By Bruce Werner

Tags: Business Leadership, Family Business, Fiduciary Duties & Corporate Governance, Small Business,

3 Case Studies on the Importance of Good Governance To put it bluntly, proper governance does not come naturally for most private and family businesses. It requires leadership to understand that good governance protects the business, and is worth the sometimes substantial time and effort required to achieve it. Families will never be perfect. Which […]

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Lessons on Family Governance in Business

September 6, 2019
/ Business Owners & Executives • Columns
/ By Bruce Werner

Tags: Business Leadership, Business Management, Family Business, Fiduciary Duties & Corporate Governance, Small Business,

The Cornell/Loyola Family Business Roundtable brought together thought leaders to discuss business and family governance. Here are the key takeaways.

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Embrace the Elephant in the Room: Advice on Company Culture

Tags: Business Leadership, Business Management, Family Business,

As companies grow, culture can get lost. Learn to maintain company culture and embrace disagreements as more voices enter the room.

Don’t Wait to Sell the Company

July 23, 2019
/ Columns • Investors
/ By Bruce Werner

Tags: Business Leadership, Business Transition and Exit Planning, Selling Your Business,

A business owner refused to sell the company amidst a changing market and growing debt. Here’s why waiting too long to sell hurt his business exit.

Investing in People: Upgrade Your Company’s Engine

Tags: Business Leadership, Business Management, Business Transition and Exit Planning, Employment & Labor Dynamics,

Will investing in your employees increase productivity and drive growth? Or will training employees drain resources that will be lost when they leave?