Entrepreneurs
Taking Responsibility For Success
It sounds a bit weird when you hear, “taking responsibility for success”. It’s probably because we naturally associate responsibility with things that are stressful, thankless and generally not fun. Think back through your life and remember how it felt every time you were told to “be more responsible” and “it’s time for you to take [...]
Invest In The Upside, Not The Risk
Entrepreneurs understand risk. Risk is simply the potential downside of a significantly larger potential upside. It’s a balance, with the scale tilted in favour of upside. That’s what makes the investment worth the risk. Over the past nine months, governments have misinterpreted the equation and ended up collectively investing trillions in the risk without enough [...]
How Much Is A Business Plan Worth?
How important is a business plan when you’re looking for money? Well, as a globe-trotting fund raiser -investment not charity - put it to me recently, “never underestimate the power of a good business plan to help seal the deal. It’s quite literally worth millions.” And in his case, “millions” means hundreds of them.
It doesn’t [...]
Thresholds Make The Deal
When it’s a quiet day in the financial papers you know deals are brewing. Today it was reported that U.S. buyout group TPG looked at 140 leveraged buy-out deals in the past few months and didn’t agree to any of them. Snore. Fiat is running into resistance on its plan to create a giant European [...]
Preparing For Buying Times
According to Thomson Reuters, we are seeing the highest level of bankruptcy-related mergers and acquisitions since 2004. Already. Thirty-four known deals in March and 67 so far this year. These are the big ones that make national and global headlines. Many more smaller deals are being worked across every country, like the U.S., Canada and [...]