Publications

February 14, 2015

Weekly Report 15-06

EVEN WITH EXERCISE, SITTING FOR LONG PERIODS INCREASES RISK OF DYING FROM HEALTH PROBLEMS BY 24%. Since “more than half of an average person’s day is spent being sedentary – sitting, watching TV or working at a computer” – this conclusion, from comprehensive analysis of 47 separate studies involving over 2.1 million people over 16... Continue
January 31, 2015

Weekly Report 15-05

MOST LIKELY, OUR SLOW ‘RECOVERY’ IS THE RESULT of a “prolonged period of interventionist monetary, fiscal and regulatory policy…which distorts capital allocation, increase uncertainty, and massively redistribute wealth and income… The Fed that is now ‘saving the financial system’ is the same body that failed miserably at bank oversight prior to the Crisis, and that... Continue
January 24, 2015

Weekly Report 15-04

THE ABILITY TO CREATE YOUR OWN BUSINESS DESTINY starts in three distinct and core phases:  Developing the Goals – a vision of what the time-targeted future looks like; Clarifying the Objectives – what needs to happen and what puzzle pieces need to be in place to achieve these goals with moderate risk; then, Defining the... Continue
January 22, 2015

The Three Most Important Factors Why Businesses Fail

Statistics compiled by government agencies, researchers, consultants, politicians, reporters and others vary broadly but all support the fact that a huge percentage of new businesses fail in the early years, and that by year ten – for varying reasons – up to 80% are history. One university study puts the math at one-in-four gone within... Continue
January 17, 2015

Weekly Report 15-03.

STRATEGIC PLANNING IS THE “TOP PRIORITY” FOR FINANCE EXECS & PROFESSIONALS, according to the newest national survey by Financial Executives Research Foundation –followed by Budgeting, Profitability Analysis and Cash Forecasting. These are the principal focused consulting services which DCG provides to clients, based on decades of experience. Very few emerging and even mid-size companies have... Continue