Will This Be the Year You Seriously Drive Up the Value of Your Company? Comments
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Republished with permission from Built to Sell Inc. If you have resolved to make your company more valuable in 2022, you may want to think hard about how your customers pay. If you have a transaction business model where customers …
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5 Ways to Get Your Business to Run Without You Comments
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5 Ways to Get Your Business to Run Without You

Republished with permission from Built to Sell Inc. Some owners focus on growing their profits, while others are obsessed with sales goals. Have you ever considered making it your primary goal to set up your business so that it can …
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Six Power Ratios to Start Tracking Now Comments
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Six Power Ratios to Start Tracking Now

Republished with permission from Built to Sell Inc. Doctors in the developing world measure their progress not by the aggregate number of children who die in childbirth, but by the infant mortality rate – a ratio of the number of …
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One Personality Trait Most Successful Entrepreneurs Share Comments
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One Personality Trait Most Successful Entrepreneurs Share

Republished with permission from Built to Sell Inc. Survey a group of founders about the personality traits that made them successful, and they will be quick to use words like determination, sacrifice, and hard work. Others will show more humility …
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One Counterintuitive Strategy Led to This $380 Million Payday Comments
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One Counterintuitive Strategy Led to This $380 Million Payday

Republished with permission from Built to Sell Inc. How many people can one person manage? Harvard Business Review estimates the ideal range for an experienced manager is between five and nine direct reports. Inc. pegs the sweet spot at seven. …
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3 Invisible Gates That Stop Most Companies Flat Comments
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3 Invisible Gates That Stop Most Companies Flat

Republished with permission from Built to Sell Inc. How many people can one person manage? Harvard Business Review estimates the ideal range for an experienced manager is between five and nine direct reports. Inc. pegs the sweet spot at seven. …
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Run Your Business Like You’re Going on Maternity (or Paternity) Leave Comments
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Run Your Business Like You’re Going on Maternity (or Paternity) Leave

Republished with permission from Built to Sell Inc. How well does your company run when you don’t show up for work?   The answer to this question has a significant impact on the value of your business. Suppose your company …
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How to Avoid the Switzerland Valuation Discount Comments
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How to Avoid the Switzerland Valuation Discount

Republished with permission from Built to Sell Inc. The Swiss are known to value their independence. They don’t use the Euro currency despite being sandwiched between France and Germany, and they never officially picked sides in the World Wars for …
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