Ideas & Stories

Desperate times may require desperate measures

We can finally see that this virus is not going away in a hurry. The eb-and-flow of the economy from the cycle of infection, calm and reinfection is likely to bring once great businesses to their knees. Until the rescue from an effective antivirus …
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In their father’s shadow

I remember when I was young, looking at the rich kids at school and at uni. They always had the good lunches, wore the best clothing, were dropped off in (or later drove) the best cars and lived in houses that (to me) were like mansions. They were a …
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The Razor Gang

One of the interesting reactions to a recession is a business owner’s renewed focus on their Overhead Costs. In earlier downturns, we have encouraged clients to establish an internal team to evaluate all fixed and variable expenses of a business …
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Downturn Survival Guide

Here is our invaluable Downturn Survival Guide for Business Owners. Having helped many clients through times over the past few decades, we put our collective experience into a checklist of those practical and clever things we should be doing right …
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