For many businesses, networking is an important component of their sales and marketing effort – particularly for businesses that rely on referrals. Lead generation has become increasingly challenging, perhaps due to ever-increasing competition within most business sectors, coupled with decisionmakers becoming overwhelmed with the barrage of unsolicited sales and marketing communications, Read more…
With the recent failure of two banks in the US and one in Switzerland, the trust in the global banking system is in flux. Silicon Valley Bank customers could have lost $150 billion in unprotected deposits had the Treasury Department/FDIC not overridden the deposit insurance limits. There are several moves Read more…
The continuing strength in the US middle market sector is the engine behind the strong job market and consumer spending. Data from the National Center for the Middle Market Year-End 2022 Report supports our claim that this growth is indeed stalling the Fed’s efforts to drive the economy into recession. Read more…
This blog’s focus is to make business leaders aware of the 2022 Colorado Competitive Landscape Report which provides a wealth of usable information for planning and implementing strategy in 2023. We believe that many of the recommendations contained in this report are spot-on for middle market businesses. Kudos to Dietrich Read more…
Some would argue that the essence of a successful business is building an operation that is profitable and sustainable over a long period of time. Others might say it’s effectively executing a business plan that delivers the intended ROI to investors/shareholders within a promised time frame. And yet another interpretation Read more…
With 2022 drawing to a close, you could ask yourself: what did we learn this year, what might recur next year, and what can be done differently in the coming year? 2022 brought us: Rising inflation at a level not seen in a generation Supply chain issues that robbed us Read more…
There is an adage: “Climate is what you expect but weather is what you get.” Are you planning for weather or hoping for a mild climate? Climate is built on averages over time and does not translate well to a single day, while weather is a time fraction of climate Read more…
Uncertainty is never a pleasant state of being, but when was the last time you lived in a certain world? Likely, that ended on your first day in preschool. Your outlook for 2023 depends on your industry and how much you believe the accuracy of mainstream media. We subscribe to Read more…
The media is filled with warnings of a looming recession, and unfortunately, there are far more questions and speculation than there are answers. No one really knows if we’ll have a soft or hard landing, how long the recession might last, and how much impact it could have on the Read more…
