Economic outlook summary (Coronavirus update)
How is businesses effected in 2020 by the Coronavirus? Spoiler alert: It is much worse than Sars, economy will take quite a hit and companies will have to review their supply chains.
8 practical strategy and business planning tips that makes a difference
Entrepreneurs spend almost all their time awake thinking about and developing their business – this article gives you 8 proven and practical business planning tips. Listen to peers, customers and employees and resonating with them self while seldom including more than one or maybe two close colleagues in their business development thoughts. There is usually
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Why many companies struggle with growth
Talking to successful companies, scale either comes from being 40 years in the business or from making fairly sizeable step-wise investments.
Why WeWork postponed its IPO and why it may never happen
WeWork postponed its IPO the day before yesterday. WeWork’s business is to sign 15 year-long commercial real estate lease obligations and then offer startups and small businesses to let small office spaces in periods from one month and upwards. The company was founded by Adam Neumann in New York, 2010. Today WeWork has grown rapidly
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Full fart i svensk ekonomi!
Nyprospekteringarna och bokslutstiden pågår för fullt nu i början av januari. Sveriges företagare och företag mår bra och har en stark tilltro till konjunkturläget även om det finns politiska orosmoln på himmelen. Ett fortsatt fint företagsklimat med andra ord. Den inhemska efterfrågan i Sverige kan komma att mattas av något anser dock en del ekonomer
Företagsförvärv som komplement till den egna organiska tillväxten
Generellt så fokuserar mindre företag förstås på den egna organiska tillväxten. Det faller sig naturligt, det är det som man är bäst på och inledningsvis räcker det ofta för en bra tillväxt. Förvärvsstrategier Bland medelstora och större företag är företagsförvärv och tilläggsförvärv dock vanligt som ett komplement till den egna organiska tillväxten. Det kan exempelvis
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Build, manage, destroy – the different generations of family business owners
We have an old Swedish saying on family businesses; “förvärva, förvalta, fördärva” that translates to above heading. This refers to the challenges meeting three consecutive generations of business owners.
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The 10 soft factors that affect the valuation of a business
This post intends to give a quick view on why business valuation comes to different results on seemingly similar businesses. Making a financial valuation gives a gross indication, but a number of adjustments needs to be made. Those are the judgment calls. It has nothing to do if being a valuation of a running business,
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The honest truth if to grow sales
Arguably sales are important growing a business. Read more on sales hear. However, there are several reasons why you shall spend substantial time nursing the entire business if you would like to grow sales. Not only the sales team or key customer relationships:
Why sales traction and stability is important
Two focus areas are predominantly important when creating value and moving the business forward. Eventually to the next level. Sales traction and sales stability is the oxygen and blood of the business.
The brutal truth if to grow profitable
I rent office space at a tech incubator down-town Stockholm. Being a small business entrepreneur this has been a great solution that add pulse, colleagues and daily inspiration. Surprisingly however, many of my colleagues, including some of the angels and venture capitalists that hangs around our office seems to have a somewhat naïve tune to
On my terms! Beware bankers…
There used to be a day when applying for a mortgage was dead-on nerve-wrecking. The tighten-up, 50-something banker in a dark dress looked over the desk at the diminishing applicant with the eyes of a head-principal. No? Yes? No? Maybe. The sound of paper. The keyboard. A claustrophobic room. If the computer said yes, you’re
3 reasons to be excited about SME digitalization
Digitalization is often seen as challenging and a bit loose. Is digital technology relevant to our business? Do we address digitalization and necessary changes correctly? Do we even understand digitalization and what to prioritize? How do we create a relevant digital agenda and strategy for our company with our specific circumstances and how do we
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A great reason for growth – an insider account on Vattenfall’s business expansion
At a closed meeting, the Prime Minister Göran Persson simply put his finger in the air and estimated the future cost of replacing the ten Swedish nuclear power stations to be €100 bn. Today, 15 years later that estimation of cost for electricity produced still holds, regardless if it will be nuclear, hydropower, wind power or
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Is product push and customer engagement contradictory?
Salesforce is one of the business stars of today. The company was founded 16 years ago with the aim to produce and sell an online Customers Relationship Management system in the cloud. A typical SaaS business. Not many people know however that Salesforce with its easy to understand webpages is not really a startup any
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