by Pamela Dennis | May 8, 2018 | Blog, Business Interest Protection, Change Adaptability, Encore, Futures, Growth, Growth Challenges, Leadership, Planning, Protecting a Business, Retirement, Selling a Business, Setting Direction, Start-Ups, Strategy, Transitions, Values, Visioning
Vision, mission, values, purpose — Huh? Too many leaders get sucked into endless word-smith battles about this set of words. Instead, what emerging and transitioning companies — as well as exit-planning business owners — need is a set of...
by Pamela Dennis | Jul 25, 2017 | Blog, Car Love Affairs, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Growth Challenges, Leadership, Planning, Start-Ups, Transitions
In my last blog post I began with a picture of a classic ’57 Chevy Bel Air. It was a metaphor for the need to let go of some of the things you loved about your company’s Good Old Days of go-go growth. My point was that each stage of company growth has its strengths;...
by Pamela Dennis | Jun 16, 2017 | Blog, Car Love Affairs, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Growth Challenges, Leadership, Planning, Selling a Business, Start-Ups, Transitions
Growth and the Good Old Days This is the first of a two-part blog post on Surviving Growth, based on a workshop I’ll be presenting this month for the Denver Business Journal. Part 1 looks at the characteristics and challenges of four stages of growth. Part 2 will look...
by Pamela Dennis | Jan 17, 2017 | Blog, Growth, Planning, Start-Ups
Is the Ultra-lean, Non-employee Company the New Way? When I was writing Exit Signs, I interviewed many small business owners. They all had employees and most had revenues of half a million or more. Their stories of selling their companies, or thinking about selling,...
by Pamela Dennis | Nov 22, 2016 | Blog, Planning, Selling a Business, Start-Ups, Transitions
It’s hard to believe Thanksgiving is just days away (or maybe already in the rearview mirror, by the time you catch your breath and read this). Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and always makes me stop to reflect on all I have to be grateful for, from the people in...
by Pamela Dennis | Jul 26, 2016 | Blog, Planning, Start-Ups, Transitions
It’s summer, and many of us are on the road enjoying vacations. If you undertook a vacation road trip before GPS, you probably used a paper map. When driving in Europe I always bought Michelin maps, which are so large when open that they fill the entire passenger...
