Category: Management
Developing a suitable succession plan
When you have decided to exit the business, good succession planning will assist you in successfully transferring your organisation to any new owner. If you develop a fantastic suc...
Introducing the ‘Bootstrap Business Plan’
When investor sentiment goes south a successful entrepreneur will often look to create an alternative business plan where they rely upon themselves for any/all financing. This is c...
Organisation-wide goals for a business
The goals listed below are examples of the kind of strategic goals Boards and/or Executives set. These have been compiled so as to help speed the creation of your planning docs and...
Directors liability insurance (a brief checklist)
Each and every business will have its own specific requirements relating to liability insurance. Below is a sample list of questions to ask yourself to determine if your start-up b...
Questions not to ask in interviews
Below is a series of questions to avoid asking candidates during the interview process. Whilst most of these are obvious, it is worth thinking your approach through prior to any in...
Checklist for hiring employees
Below is a short and sweet checklist for hiring employees within your organisation: Write a job description Post the job internally and to your personal network Contact and engage ...
Engagement metrics for editorial (KPI’s)
In this series of articles we look at the key performance indicators for editorial and content production teams businesses operating within the platform and portal spaces should fo...
Key success factors for a platform or portal business
If you look at the key factors that potentially dictate success, or failure for businesses operating in the digital publishing space, you can then gauge what you need to do in orde...
The seven P’s of marketing
The 7 P’s marketing model was originally devised by E Jerome McCarthy in his 1960 book ‘Basic Marketing. A Managerial Approach’. In my personal opinion, it is still worth keeping ...