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Business Book Review: Boston Consulting Group On Strategy

Management Consulted

Welcome to yet another opportunity to gain valuable insights from a book review, written by Preeti Vemu, MC intern, MC events organizer extraordinary, and an ex-Deloitte consultant. In this book, you will find more articles than you can stomach – awesome articles capturing key insights from the 1960s and moving forward to 2005.

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Resolve Common Business Problems

Business Consulting Agency

A business consultant facilitated strategic planning sessions and helped realign the company’s goals with market opportunities. The new strategy led to a 30% increase in market share over two years. Example : A small business faced cash flow issues and mounting debt.

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Most Popular Business Ideas for First-Time Entrepreneurs

Business Consulting Agency

Whether you’re looking for a venture that aligns with your passion or one that has the potential for growth, selecting a business idea that suits your skills and market demand is key. Moreover, e-commerce allows you to tap into a growing market. Moreover, the online education market is growing rapidly.

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Winning Isn’t Everything: The Art of Playing Well

Tom Spencer

Michael Lewis: Prioritise playing the game ethically Similarly, Michael Lewis, the bestselling author of The Big Short , exposed the unethical and reckless behaviour of some players in the financial industry leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. However, many of the mortgages had been issued to people who could not afford them.

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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

Second question: is there similar activity with larger companies, small, mid-sized, and lower middle market firms? The answer is yes, based on the activity level of everybody we know in the M&A/buy-sell industry. Barlow research – Two-thirds of lower middle-market business owners are expected to retire. Easy money.

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The Cost of a Startup

Martinka Consulting

Sounds similar to other industries. Buyers do more than get a profitable platform with customers, employees, and cash flow. But it doesn’t have to be an individual buying a company, it can be another company and that’s why I have a new book almost finished on the topic of Growth by Acquisition.

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Interest Rates Lower; Business Prices Higher

Martinka Consulting

While both of the above deal with middle market deals, and while middle market deals have different driving forces (think Private Equity Groups with too much money chasing too few deals), the above does carry over to smaller deals. or 4, times cash flow” won’t get the deal when the bank will lend that amount or more.