India is the Land of Opportunities – India Digital Summit 2021
My impressions from India Digital Summit 2021 I attended the last two days are still fresh. I was impressed with all that I have seen and heard – from great line-up of speakers (successful Indian entrepreneurs, VCs, politicians and government officials) to start-ups like Zyla Health and fintechs like KredX, Khatabook, PayTM, LendingKart, Faircent and others. I am convinced that India is on track to be one […]
Different way to present the cash flow statement
When one monitors financial activities – inflows and outflows from company’s bank account, one usually analyses and presents data in table. It’s just something we are used to and basically there is nothing wrong with it. We should have enough time and carefully read through cash flow statements to clearly see what is happening with […]
6 random but useful quotes and guidelines for any CEO
Support, develop, and work with people who will not feed your ego. Hire smart people with the confidence to speak up. If you only hire people, who feed your ego, you will end up being led into making decisions that may be detrimental to yourself, your colleagues, and your organization. The difference between not […]
Geschäftsmodelltransformation von Dienstleistungen zu Produkten
Blueprint für Software-Entwicklungsunternehmen – kann aber in jedem Unternehmen angewendet werden Eines der führenden Software-Entwicklungsunternehmen aus der Schweiz versuchte länger als ein Jahrzehnt, sein Geschäftsmodell von Dienstleistungen auf Produkte umzustellen. In diesem Zeitraum wurden mehr als 10 verschiedene eigene Produkte auf den Markt gebracht, bevor eines dieser Produkte endlich seine Wirkung zeigte und bevor das […]
Business model transformation — from services to products
Case of software development companies — but can be applied to any company out there One of the leading software development companies from Switzerland struggled with transforming its business model from services to products for more than a decade. During the period they launched more than 10 different own products before one of those products […]
What managers do? 10 key activities you need to master as a manager
Manager at the company I advised asked me a question, the answer to which should be obvious but it is mostly not at all. At the time we were discussing first what he should not do as a manager and what kind of activities do not bring desired results – from business, from employee and […]
10 steps to selling your company – or raising an investment
If you are thinking about selling your company or raising funds from an investor, you can expect that you and your company will need to go through the following 10 steps in order to successfully conclude the transaction: Decision of owners to sell the company / receive an investment – be aligned among your shareholders Select […]