by beanstalk | Jun 16, 2019 | HR
In today’s professional world, there is a “confidence gap” between men and women. Meaning that many working women lack self-confidence– which is a major obstacle preventing women from ascending up the career ladder. While professional women from the Baby Boomer...
by beanstalk | May 15, 2019 | Strategy
By: Glen Justis, Senior Partner and Doug Menendez, Partner All leaders of commercial enterprises know that business involves risk. In fact, the definition of an entrepreneur is “one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise.”[1] At...
by beanstalk | May 13, 2019 | M&A
By: Barry H. Worth, CM&AA Now that you have the various pieces of the puzzle in place and the company is ready to be put on the market to be sold – what is the process? Below are the puzzle answers with each piece fitting in at the appropriate time: Step 1:...
by beanstalk | Mar 5, 2019 | Finance
If it costs $1 to prevent a problem, $10 to find it and $100 or more to fix it then we are better off spending our time to prevent problems, especially those that our customers will find. It is hard to argue with this logic but in practice we see organizations invest...
by beanstalk | Mar 5, 2019 | M&A
WOW! The closing is done and the new owners are ready to take over. So, what happens once the deal is closed and the two companies have merged into one? Well, they aren’t really one company yet. In essence, they’re still two companies with a common owner. Therefore,...