Publications
October 20, 2013
Weekly Report 13-43
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS FACE CHALLENGES THAT MEN DON’T – especially if they’re ‘momtrepreneurs’ with dual responsibilities to families in addition to normal work-balance stresses. Principal female obstacles include: (1) “emotional connection that can cause holdback in making tough decisions”; (2) tendency to “feel as though they need to adopt a stereo- typically ‘male’ attitude toward business:... Continue
October 13, 2013
Weekly Report 13-42
THE SOCIAL MEDIA AGE HAS INCREASED ‘REPUTATIONAL’ RISK FOR BUSINESSES – with many hurt by damaging YouTube videos and/or FaceBook posts. Yet a recent survey of more than 1,300 professionals found that fewer than half ever, and 28% never, “use social media feedback to help anticipate and monitor this risk.” Especially for small businesses and... Continue
October 7, 2013
The Advisory Board: Often A Company’s Missing Link
In Public companies, the importance of a high quality and independent Board of Directors is recognized as generally critical to a company’s strategy, as well as highly relevant to investors’ perception of its valuation. In family or closely-held companies, where such Board appointment is customarily limited to the active owner/management group, the importance of independent... Continue
October 6, 2013
Weekly Report 13-41
BEWARE: A NEW VERY AGGRESSIVE MALWARE, “distributed as a zip file attachment to emails which encrypts files on the user’s hard drive, rendering them unusable until a ransom is paid. There is no technology to protect against the malware. The only defense against these attacks is user awareness.” [CITADEL-INFORMATION.COM – Oct 7, 13] IF YOU... Continue
September 29, 2013