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[2003-02-18] Getting Business Financing: 8 Steps To Success
Your business can't effectively operate, nor reach it's full profit making potential without enough capital. Whether your business is large or small, very often, you'll find yourself in need of such capital, from time to time. That's why you need to know these eight steps to success:
[2003-02-15] Your Worst Enemy to Successful Investing - the Media
How do you make your investment decisions and where do you get your information? If you're like most of the people I know, you look to the experts.
That's fine, however it's important to be aware that for every expert, there's an opinion and for every opinion there's an expert. I have a friend who says that opinions are like noses: everyone has one but you wouldn't live in anyone else's nose!
[2003-02-05] How We Eluded the Bear in 2000
The date October 13, 2000 will forever be embedded in my mind. It was the day after our mutual fund trend tracking indicator had broken its long-term trend line and I sold 100% of my clients' invested positions (and my own) and moved the proceeds to the safety of money market accounts. Some people thought we were nuts, but I had come to trust the numbers.
[2003-02-04] Looking To Sustain High Performance? Start in the Board Room
When you survey business and management publications and listen to Wall Street and other business analysts, most of the attention is focused on what the senior management team of the organization is doing to generate earnings and to build and sustain high performance. The spotlight continues to focus on CEO performance, and CEO turnover continues to rise. In fact, the average tenure of CEOs in the S&P 500 today is slightly over six and a half years. Pressure is applied with fervor by investors who still feel entitled to double-digit growth in performance.
[2003-02-04] Requirements for Effective Boards … Beyond Fine Tuning
As CEO, you're accountable for results whether your board helps or hinders you in working toward them. Ensuring that key requirements are met, requirements that affect how well equipped board members are to work together, will provide a sound foundation from which the strategic leadership and fulfillment of role and responsibilities will more likely occur. These requirements go beyond fine tuning … they are essential.
[2003-02-04] Your Board: Dynamic, Difficult or Detrimental?
A board can make or break a CEO just as weak internal management can take the CEO down "into the weeds" by having to perform the functions of his/her direct reports. Our experience is that in most organizations the CEO must lead the board AND internal management to understand and effectively fulfill their respective roles and responsibilities. However, an effective board adds real value to strategic leadership and frees the CEO to do his/her job with optimal effectiveness.
[2003-02-04] A Visit with FindWhat.com CEO, Craig Pisaris-Henderson
The Chairman and CEO of FindWhat.com (http://www.findwhat.com), Craig Pisaris-Henderson, recently attended a chat session and visited with Academy students regarding the FindWhat.com performance-based advertising network.
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