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We hope you enjoy receiving our newsletter, and that you'll spread the word to other entrepreneurs in your network. If you ever have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please feel free to contact me directly at akira@caycon.com. We look forward to having you in our community of entrepreneurs! Best regards, Do You Have a Venture Value Scorecard?June 22, 2009 by Akira Hirai We can measure success in many ways. In business, one important measure is the value of the company. That's because a company's value is a composite of all of the quantitative and qualitative factors that comprise a company: revenues, expenses, risks, growth prospects, quality of the management team, competitive advantages, strength of the intellectual property, and so forth. In general, we want to do the things that increase the value of the business, and we want to avoid doing the things that reduce it. The problem is that we often lose sight of the big picture, and get mired in everyday distractions. One useful technique for keeping your eyes focused on what really matters is Cayenne Consulting's Venture Value Scorecard™. It's human nature to prioritize the metrics that get measured, so the simple act of keeping track is often enough to have a significant positive impact. The Age of EntrepreneurshipJune 25, 2009 by Akira Hirai Entrepreneurship. It conjures images of twenty-something graduate students hacking code in a Silicon Valley dorm room, fueled by a steady supply of Red Bull and Ramen. Starting a tech company requires youthful vigor, endurance, freedom from obligations like mortgages, imagination, and an intimate understanding of what’s trendy and hip. Right? To be sure, a number of tech titans started more-or-less this way: Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Hewlett-Packard, to name a few. However, a new study published last week by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation – the group devoted to fostering entrepreneurship around the world – suggests that the age distribution among company founders is much broader than we might have imagined. New Entrepreneur Reality TV Show: Shark TankABC and Mark Burnett Productions are developing a new reality program putting entrepreneurs through the fundraising hoops. There's still time to make the casting call if you're interested in applying. New Service: Turnaround ConsultingIn case you missed it in the last newsletter, I'd like to remind you that we now offer a Turnaround Consulting service. The practice is led by Van Lanier, a turnaround specialist who has been helping business owners revive their businesses since 1977. Van is the former National Director of Turrnaround Consulting for KPMG BayMark, and is a Certified Management Consultant. In addition to his consulting practice, Van has earned his stripes as a entrepreneur. In 1974, he asked the city of Fernandina Beach, Florida to award him its cable television franchise. It did. Thirty years later, a technology company he founded was named Innovation of the Year by Frost & Sullivan. Van has owned seven other small companies, five of which he started from scratch. Please visit Turnaround Consulting Services to learn more. Got Feedback?Help us make this newsletter relevant to you. Go to our feedback page. You can tell us what you think, let us know what you'd like to see in future issues, or just drop us a note to say hello. We look forward to hearing from you! Why Did You Send This to Me, and How Do I Opt Out?This newsletter was sent to you because you have either worked with Cayenne Consulting in the past, or you once contacted us about having us do some work for you, or because you know (or have at least exchanged business cards or LinkedIn information with) one of us here at Cayenne Consulting. We sincerely hope that you'll find our newsletter to be both useful and unobtrusive. However, if that's not the case and you'd like to opt out, simply click here to unsubscribe and you won't hear from us again. |
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