“The Money you Make is in the Deals you DON”T do” – Ancient Investment Banking saying Technorati Tags: business, consulting advice, international strategy, trade shows

Here are examples of the worst international business strategies we’ve seen. • Follow the client — How many times do we talk to firms that decide to enter a market because their client is doing so? What happens if you lose the client? Does that mean you are stuck in Turkey with no other business? [...]

I was offered a business opportunity with a new firm. The firm had the following problems: 1) They were under-capitalized. They were only at 10% of goal for year’s end, which was two months away. So poor marketing, poor sales, poor sales forecasting. 2) The firm’s website was difficult to understand. It spoke more of [...]