by Pamela Dennis | Oct 27, 2017 | Blog, cost of growth, Entrepreneurs, Futures, Growth, Growth Challenges, Planning, Selling a Business, small business growth rates, Transitions
Nothing excites owners like the prospect of growth. Nothing causes more nightmares than managing it. How to fund it, prepare for it, keep up with it, survive it! Do I really need to grow to be viable? What’s healthy growth and what’s destructive? So many worries about...
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 | Feb 28, 2017 | Blog, Boomer Perspectives, Encore, Growth, Planning, Selling a Business, Transitions
Getting Older, Letting Go, Moving Forward When I was selling my company, I was frequently asked, “What’s next?” or “What are your goals now?” I was only 55; surely I had big plans. When I was writing Exit Signs, I heard a constant question from Boomer owners young and...
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,...
