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Scaling Successfully – A Review of the State of the Art
To be significant, you first need to be small. The difference between a startup and a successful company comes down to experience and time, as every single company in the world began as a startup. However, more factors contribute to a company growing to success. Things like hard work, focus, patienc...
Read MoreYou Want Money to Grow Your Business? Show Me First You Can Earn Some
You can’t expect your business to have a constant hockey stick growth. The critical success in ensuring a constant company and business growth is in learning to recognize disruptive trends in the industry and market and to acknowledge your past and present status involved. Getting the money is s...
Read MoreMy Personal Recommendation When Investing in Turnarounds
There is tremendous profit potential in turnarounds. The reasons for that are many, but the majority of them relate to the fact that most investors are afraid of turnaround situations. Wall Street unjustly hates the down-and-out companies for one reason or another. Turnaround investing is looking fo...
Read MoreCo-Investing Plays – The Art of the Deal
More and more people today are gravitating to co-investing. Unlike consortium and club deals with strategic partners, private equity firms and sponsors which have become standardized (regarding arrangements), co-investing comes in many variations. It can offer greater diversification, increased expo...
Read MoreCreate the Company of Your Dreams
Every successful business begins exactly the same way – as a concept. Business concepts originate with simple ideas and a vision that most people are capable of articulating. However, developing the concept and creating a billion-dollar business demands an advanced set of skills and resources that...
Read MoreBlockchain Potential Impact on Crowdfunding and Venture Capital
Disruptive or promising? Both have been used to describe blockchain technology’s impact on business. Cryptocurrency awareness is spreading, and investments in tokens are on the rise. But just how are the decentralization effects of blockchain-based cryptocurrencies disrupting and democratizing the...
Read MoreHow Stupid and Dumb as a Rock Venture Capitalists Are Killing Companies
To recognize how venture capitalists are killing companies, you need to understand how venture capitalists work. Venture Capital firms typically have managers who we come to think of as investors because they sign the checks. The limited partners, on the other hand, are the investors in the venture...
Read MoreOur 2018 Predictions for New York City Real Estate
With 2018 in full swing, experts in real estate are already making their predictions on how this year is going to pan out. Will rents continue to rise? Will affordable homes be as hard to find as they were in recent years? How will the industry be affected by the changes in transportation? Here are...
Read MoreThe Secret to Closing Big Business Deals
There’s a reason why you bring out the big guns when you’re trying to close a big deal. While all your business deals will ultimately bring value to your company, it’s those big deals that can cause an explosive surge in your organization’s value and enrich your portfolio. Big business deal...
Read MoreWeaponizing Artificial Intelligence – Facing and Curbing the Imminent Threat
Many of us don’t even realize to what extent Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning have already become a part of our daily lives. Every time you book an Uber, your app uses machine learning to minimize your wait time, determine the price of your ride, and match you with other passenge...
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