by Larry Putterman | Advisory Board, Boards, Business, Leadership, Management, Outside Director, Vision
A company without a CEO can flounder and crash. Companies that lack CEO leadership are like a ship without a rudder. An Interim CEO fills this leadership gap. An Interim CEO is an individual who is temporarily chosen to act as CEO and fills the gap between a CEO...
by Larry Putterman | Business, Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Management, Technology, Vision
“Disruptive innovation leads to the creative destruction of businesses that once seemed pre-eminent and secure.” Steven Blank Disruptive innovation is creating new products or services that did not exist before. The innovation creates a new market that disrupts an...
by Larry Putterman | Business, Entrepreneurs, Management, Vision
Entrepreneurs don’t realize they have a problem until it is too late.No one does everything well. Some entrepreneurs have great business ideas, but they don’t know the product or service and lack business skills. Other entrepreneurs have great business skills...
by Larry Putterman | Business, Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Management
Companies fail when nine critical business problems go unanswered. Today, I am sharing some of the most important lessons about recognizing and resolving problems. First… The 9 Critical Business Problems:Not adequately capitalizedCybercrimeLoss of major...
by Larry Putterman | Business, Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Management
Leaders working in a vacuum will fail. Entrepreneurs need “Fresh Eyes.” If you want to succeed, this is the most important concept you must learn. I define “Fresh Eyes” as looking at a problem or a situation in a new or different way. For example: consulting others...
by Larry Putterman | Business, Entrepreneurs, Family Business, Leadership, Management, Organizations, Vision
The problem is: entrepreneurs manipulate people in situations instead of persuading. I recently spoke with Bob Burg successful author and coauthor with over 1,000,000 books in print. He is coauthor of the bestseller: The Go-Giver. In his new book, Adversaries into...
