Growth is hard and getting harder
If MBAs are useless, we’re all in big trouble (by By Todd Tauber, April 29, 2013) |
| by Deborah Steinthal
Date: May 07, 2013 |
| Lean is not everything. The lesson here is that strong leadership and solid management will always be essential. If anyone can create, then continuously iterating and pivoting aren’t enough to buck the odds. Even in better times, building a business was hard. At least 75% of startups fail. Only 6% grew to $10 million in revenues within 10 years. Fewer than 2% hit the $50 million mark. Two-thirds of new products launched by established firms fail within two years and only 9% of big businesses consistently grow faster than 5%. |
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| by Deborah Steinthal
Date: April 19, 2013 |
| A successful business exit strategy is normally a two-five year process depending upon a number of factors. This article lays out important steps for preparing your business so it can be worth more to a buyer: building business, emotional and financial readiness. |
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Q4 Trend Watch
How to win in a new environment. |
| by Deborah Steinthal
Date: October 22, 2012 |
Political and economic leaders are looking at headwinds facing the domestic economy. Going into 2013, the headwinds are many and severe. Together, this all has the potential of further weakening the economy by pushing down consumer confidence and consumer spending.
In order to help our clients navigate huge change and challenges, we identify and create practical insights through our Q4 Trend Watch report - to provide leaders with a strong basis to plot the right way forward. |
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| by Deborah Steinthal
Date: October 16, 2012 |
| The past six months have been less stellar than predicted in this post crisis environment. A small group of growth companies are beginning to master the new environment. These companies are entering new markets, securing additional equity funding and accumulating cash to enable them to take action quickly. This article provides practical insights on key strategies that are driving growth for these businesses. |
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| by Deborah Steinthal
Date: August 29, 2012 |
| Research shows that average order value per transaction on tablets are almost $125 - outpacing both the PC (about $100) and smartphone (just over $75) . Leveraging consumer shopping trends, large and small producers and retailers are investing in innovative business models, a new generation of business tools, practices and ecommerce technology to build digital sales channels that make it easy and convenient for consumers of all ages to shop online. And many more e-retailers are now focused on new strategies for generating loyalty and recurring customer revenues. This report discusses a shift in CEO strategy, along with new best practices being adopted. |
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