Program Reviews

Program Reviews

Every program should make a positive contribution to an organization’s bottom line. Not all do. A contribution could be financial, or it could improve customer satisfaction, employee morale, internal operations, … While a Needs Assessments examines an organization and its operations, a Program Review assesses how well a formal program is performing across multiple organizations from a...

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Management Tools

General Management Tools Whether you are managing people onsite, face-to-face or remotely via email, telephone, messaging and/or video, there are tools that can help you be more productive. COMMUNICATION TOOLS Some services will work better than others depending on where a Fellow is located.  Zoom is the recommended service, but Skype is also a good alternative. Zoom (video conferencing web...

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Needs Assessment

Needs Assessment

What do you need to be successful? Are your organized for success? Are your personnel productive? Are your business processes helping you achieve your objectives, or slowing you down? Do you have adequate visibility into your observations? When opportunities and problems occur, do you have sufficient time so properly resolve them. Is your technology friend or foe? Are your prepared to handle...

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Financial Modeling

Financial Modeling

Financial modeling enables a company to test various scenarios without spending any money.  A good financial model incorporates the various operational aspects to more accurately predict new revenues and costs on a group by group basis.  A great model incorporates the results of A/B testing so that you can quickly and cost effectively adjust specific sales and marketing campaigns.  A financial...

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Product Requirements

Product Requirements

Product requirements should reflect the needs of the market and your target customers, and not a justification for using the latest technology. While it is relatively easy to develop a new state-of-the-art solution, it is more difficult to develop a solution for your key customers and have them use it day in and day out. Whether you are developing products in-house, in another division or...

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Financing a Successful Startup

Financing a Successful Startup

Times have changed for creating a successful startup. Today, creating a successful startup requires a great idea, solid team, good business plan, a go-to market strategy, a working prototype and (preferably paying) customers..  Where do you get financing? Entrepreneur If you have created one or more successful startups in the past 10 years,  you only need an Idea,  Team and (Business) Plan with...

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