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Fail proof new product and service development…for pocket change.
Fail proof new product and service development…for pocket change.
dtod.wordpress.com — Minimum Viable Product, a new phrase, a new idea, but it makes a lot of sense. It works like this. Historically, the release of a new product occurred after a significant investment in expensive development and then a heavy investment in actual production, usually all behind closed doors. A ... (more) Fail proof new product and service development…for ...
Turn defeat into victory!
Turn defeat into victory!
dtod.wordpress.com — Your revenues are dropping like a rock, yet your overhead is always increasing. The debt you previously took was supportable with yesterday’s revenue…but no longer, not with today’s significantly reduced revenues. It is crushing you. We understand…… Yes, we get it. ... (more) Turn defeat into victory!
Post #600: A tribute to the business owners who have fought and won. Hoohah!
dtod.wordpress.com — We spend an enormous amount of time, energy and effort fighting the battles to save our clients businesses, their homes and their lives, and an honorable battle it is. Our belief and experience, based on enormous contact with many many small business owners, is that none of our clients ... (more) Post #600: A tribute to the business owners who have ...
Hold harmless and indemnification agreement. Whaaat?
dtod.wordpress.com — Hold harmless and indemnification agreement, a term we have all heard but probably have little idea what it really means and why we should be aware of it, and use it when appropriate….and challenge it when added to an agreement when it is not to your best interest. In many situations a ... (more) Hold harmless and indemnification agreement. Whaaat?
We found the enemy and he is us. (pogo) Part #2
dtod.wordpress.com — Yes, once again, we are our own worst enemy. We are in a deep dark recession, revenues are down 20 – 80% depending upon many factors, yet you take huge losses instead of responding as you should. You do not downsize quickly enough or deep enough and as a result you tank yourselves. I ... (more) We found the enemy and he is us. (pogo) Part #2
Ok, you lost your business and cannot find a job, the only answer is start another business.
dtod.wordpress.com — Yes, times are tough. You had no intention of losing your business, and further have no desire to get a job. You have looked high and wide but as discussed in other posts, you are unemployable. No one wants an older x-entrepreneur, a previous business owner, as an employee. It is a disaster in ... (more) Ok, you lost your business and cannot find a job, the ...
It’s true, some business owners are doing better. Why?
dtod.wordpress.com — I talk to small business owners where ever I go, where ever I shop, and whomever I speak with, and while it remains true the economy is far from recovering, we have not yet bottomed out and have a ways to go, there are many examples of business owners doing better. It is impossible to ... (more) It’s true, some business owners are doing better. Why?
Working 24/7 and proud of it? Don’t be, its a mistake.
dtod.wordpress.com — I just exchanged emails with a broker friend of mine who arranges financing for some of our clients, and he had just heard back from a lender this afternoon and wanted to get me the good news. I responded of course, and in the communication, he mentioned how impressed he was that the man was ... (more) Working 24/7 and proud of it? Don’t be, its a mistake.
We fought the Dept of Justice and won, hands down.
We fought the Dept of Justice and won, hands down.
dtod.wordpress.com — You, of course, all have heard our claim that we are always successful in resolving our clients’ debt workouts. We are sometimes put to an extreme test. Recently we were challenged in a rare exception to our typical representation as our clients have been litigating with the Department of ... (more) We fought the Dept of Justice and won, hands down.
What bills do you pay when there is not enough to go around.
What bills do you pay when there is not enough to go around.
dtod.wordpress.com — It is a very common question and more often than not answered incorrectly. First there must be some context to set the stage for the strategy. The rule is pay what is required to survive another day, to fight another battle. The landlord? No, definitely not. Do not pay this bill. You can ... (more) What bills do you pay when there is not enough to go around.
Yes, you have a responsibility to present yourself in a light most beneficial to yourself!
dtod.wordpress.com — I review many self implemented Offers in Compromise to the SBA, Banks and other creditors, and I am frequently amazed at what I see. Friends, are you not paying attention? You are in default. You are being foreclosed on or collected against, at the very least. You are facing liquidation and ... (more) Yes, you have a responsibility to present yourself in a ...
Yes you must be in default to enter into a workout…universal default!
dtod.wordpress.com — One of the more ridiculous practices, but it is very true, you must be in default to engage in a workout negotiation. The banks logic being why negotiate a reduction if the borrower is current, obviously they can pay, they surmise. Unfortunately any intelligent attempt to demonstrate through ... (more) Yes you must be in default to enter into a ...
Make your employee cuts before all your employees are out of work.
dtod.wordpress.com — Make your employee cuts before all your employees are out of work. Small business owners are all humans, we all care about our families, friends and yes our employees. In many small businesses, the employees become family to the owners after years of working together side by side in the ... (more) Make your employee cuts before all your employees are ...
The collateral and the business is yours until the bank forecloses.
dtod.wordpress.com — Listen again, the collateral and the business is yours until the bank forecloses. You own the collateral, assets that are valuable as they make you money and are the heart of your business as well as supporting the loan, being available and earmarked for liquidation by foreclosure upon ... (more) The collateral and the business is yours until the bank ...
One reason why a third party expert, a consultant, can accomplish more then the borrower.
dtod.wordpress.com —   Seems silly, hat in many instances the borrower has already attempted to achieve various workout accommodations yet failed miserably, yet with the same fact pattern, same borrower same everything the ‘third party expert’ can accomplish what was already proposed and refused and in many ... (more) One reason why a third party expert, a consultant, can ...
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