Ideas & Stories

Why should every business be “Investment Ready”?

Two scenarios come readily to mind: Out of the blue, you get that ’knock on the door’. Someone wants to buy your business. You didn’t contemplate this, the business is far from ready, your structures are all wrong, you don’t know what …
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Why Estate Planning is often not enough…

Years ago, one of my great mates died tragically and unexpectedly. He was 53 years old, fit, healthy and should have had another 30 or 40 years left in that amazing tank. Everyone was devastated by the sudden loss, especially his family. Luckily …
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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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