Author Archives: Jim Sharpe - Page 7
Strategic Partnerships
Strategic partners can be very important to your business. By ignoring this opportunity to gain significant resources may limit your growth and learning. I was not naturally a partnering kind of entrepreneur and wanted control,…
Downsizing your business
While you did not buy a business to see it shrink, most "on-going" businesses will experience a decline in revenues that will severely test its leadership. Emerging stronger from the decline will require some tough…
Exit and/or Recapitalization
Exiting your business or buying out your investors represents the "payday" for your efforts and risk after many years as searcher/CEO. It may or not mean that you will step away from the business, but…