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Raluca
Apr 21, 20205 min read
How is COVID affecting private company valuations?
With global markets taking a hit, private companies founders are naturally asking themselves how have the past few months affected the...

Raluca
Apr 21, 20204 min read
The hormones that influence our risk taking and decision making
Research has shown that physiological and psychological stress both influence our hormones and, as a result, affect our behaviour. Most...

Raluca
Apr 6, 20207 min read
Disruptors' success planning
Disruption is used in the business environment when discussing about alternatives that have the potential to challenge a well-established...

Raluca
Mar 22, 20205 min read
What do you do with a start-up in face of COVID19 crisis?
Heading a company in its early days during this period requires balancing prudence and vision. Avoid acting out if inertia. To make my...

Raluca
Mar 10, 20206 min read
10 Work from home management tips to make it a win-win arrangement and avoid confusions
Remote work has benefits and also downsize risks. Some say it’s not for everyone and some also point out that some of the early adopters...

Raluca
Mar 9, 20201 min read
Valuation is a story said with numbers
Incidentally a few days ago I was pointing out that any financial #forecasts have to reflect the business #strategy of the company, its...

Raluca
Mar 7, 20201 min read
When not to aim for perfection?
A small weekend teaser: what situations can you think of when perfect can be the enemy of good? Thinking about #business life, a few...


Raluca
Mar 6, 20203 min read
Financial projections – need or obligation?
www.cartoonresource.com I am surprised to see that often enough the managers or entrepreneurs asking for financial projections fail to...

Raluca
Mar 3, 20205 min read
Avoiding micro managing - separating myth from reality
Judging by available surveys, micromanaging is quite wide spread and makes many employees unsatisfied with their job. To avoid it, many...

Raluca
Mar 1, 20203 min read
NPS, yay or nay?
The net promoter score (NPS) continues to be widely used as it is seen as a simple way of judging customer satisfaction/experience. By...

Raluca
Feb 28, 20203 min read
What do you do with a problem?
When faced with a challenge the common tendency is to make your best to focus on it, to repeat it over and over again, write is down etc....


Raluca
Feb 27, 20201 min read
Sustainable growth is win-win and successful entrepreneurship a positive sum game
Whenever discussing a business idea, there is inevitably a lot of discussion around competition. How many competitors are there? How big...

Raluca
Feb 24, 20202 min read
Problem solving products help customers overcome status quo. Make that change easier
Companies are increasingly acknowledging that in order to highlight the value of their product/service they need to present what's the...


Raluca
Feb 20, 20202 min read
Manage sweat equity possible pitfalls
I have spoken about the valuation on sweat equity in another post and yet an equally important question is "who should receive sweat...

Raluca
Feb 19, 20202 min read
Challenges in sweat equity valuation
With the number of tech start-ups on the rise and entrepreneurship spurring among young people I often see dedicated individuals who are...

Raluca
Feb 18, 20204 min read
How do you set business objectives that count?
For long enough I personally did not realize the importance of how growth objectives are set in an organisation. I found that most often...

Raluca
Feb 17, 20203 min read
Values audit is key for both individuals and organisations
There were times in my life when, apparently all of a sudden, I had a feeling that something is not quite right. I would for example find...


Raluca
Feb 15, 20201 min read
Do you use your intuition?
Many of those who we consider geniuses said that ideas seem to come through them rather than from them. Picasso summed it nicely when he...

Raluca
Feb 14, 20205 min read
Make the best out of Lean Startup
For many entrepreneurs or entrepreneurs-to-be, the Leans Start-up methodology introduced by Eris Ries has been an eye opener and an...

Raluca
Feb 7, 20203 min read
Why holistic business growth?
I have adopted as freelancer this objective of enabling holistic growth and I guess is only fair that I explain what I mean by that....
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