Profit means NOTHING!

Profits vs Cash

Profit Means Nothing!  What is more beneficial – a profitable business or a cash cow? The one is definitely not the same as the other! Just look at Steinhoff and the millions of ’Profitable’ businesses that have collapsed. It is upsetting to say the least when one hears businessmen and women brag about their profits. ….  Read More

Fatal Business Diseases 

Operations

A business also develops disease…some are fatal, and some can be cured! The important issue is to diagnose the disease, take remedial action, and cure the disease before it takes hold and kills the business. Few business diseases cannot be cured if they are caught early enough. What are these diseases? How do you identify ….  Read More

Business lessons are costly!

Business

The seeds of business failure are generally sown many months, and sometimes years, before that final crisis pushes the business over the edge into liquidation or forces closure.  The latest COVID-19 lockdown has been that final crisis that has pushed many businesses over the edge. The signs that things are not what they should be ….  Read More