by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Funding
As a potential investor in a company, do you and your team know what questions to ask? When you ask the questions, do you probe beyond the surface to verify the elements of the answers? Are there areas which could potentially put your investment at risk that you don’t...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Leadership
For many of us, December is a month of hectic schedules and holiday gatherings, loosening the reins, indulging in the goodies, and skipping the healthier parts of our routines. It is also the time when we make promises to do better in the New Year! More than...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 30, 2014 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Business Plans, Non-Profit, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up
All too often, business consulting is considered a generic label for the entire genre of consulting. When looking at the totality of types of consulting that can be provided by business consulting, it does encompass all the specialized areas from marketing to...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 29, 2014 | Business Articles, Leadership, Strategy
In recent months a growing segment of my business has been companies struggling to survive in this “down” economy. The reality of many—if not most—of these businesses is that they were in trouble before the economic downturn, but they were surviving on momentum. They...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Small Business, Start-up
Business management systems (BMS) are all the policies, procedures, internal controls, and tools – manual and computerized – used in conducting business and measuring the results. BMS encompasses all functional activities — from accounting to sales...
