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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 could survive your absence for a while. In that case, you will score well on…
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 fear of tying their wagon too closely to one geopolitical regime over the other. That’s…
CC&L Q4 2021 Market Outlook and Investment Review
Your portfolio managers are constantly analyzing the market to help them make the best investment decisions on your behalf. It’s important for you to feel comfortable with these decisions, so we’d like to offer you the opportunity to better understand the process that portfolio managers use to manage your investment portfolio. We hope that it…
How Your Greatest Strength Becomes Your Weakness
Republished with permission from Built to Sell Inc. What’s your greatest strength as a CEO? Sales? Marketing? Operations? Whatever you do well, know that it might become your Achilles’ heel. As owners, we tend to invest in areas where we know we’re weak. We know we have limited resources, so we spend what we have…
Stop Selling Your Time
Republished with permission from Built to Sell Inc. If your goal is to build a more valuable company, stop selling your time. Billing by the hour or day means customers are renting your time rather than buying a result, which means that your business model lacks leverage. To grow, you need to either work harder…
The Downside of Being a “One-Stop Shop”
Republished with permission from Built to Sell Inc. Before Jeff Bezos & Co. blew up traditional distribution channels, there was some value in being the local guy or gal. Being the local product retailer was a good business and being a regional distributor of a popular line could make you a mint. Those days are…
CC&L Q3 2021 Market Outlook and Investment Review
Your portfolio managers are constantly analyzing the market to help them make the best investment decisions on your behalf. It’s important for you to feel comfortable with these decisions, so we’d like to offer you the opportunity to better understand the process that portfolio managers use to manage your investment portfolio. We hope that it…
Newport Market Update and Investment Review
Your portfolio managers are constantly analyzing the market to help them make the best investment decisions on your behalf. It’s important for you to feel comfortable with these decisions, so we’d like to offer you the opportunity to better understand the process that portfolio managers use to manage your investment portfolio. We hope that it…