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
The Seeds of Business Success If you do not change today, you will get tomorrow, much more of the same that you got yesterday. The future for most people is usually a reflection of what they got in the past, albeit in another form. In the last blog post we dealt with the fatal …. Read More
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
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