by Larry Putterman | Boards, Business, Entrepreneurs, Family Business, Leadership, Management, Organizations, Vision
Working with your Dad in a family business can be the best decision you have ever made or the worst experience of your life. For a successful relationship, both parties need to put their egos aside and think about what’s best for the company. For me, it was the best...
by Larry Putterman | Advisory Board, Boards, Business, Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Management, Organizations, Outside Director, Vision
Boards without outside directors do not make objective decisions. Boards need outside directors to see all sides of a problem and find the best solution. Outside directors bring incredible value with their “fresh eyes.” I believe boards that have not brought somebody...
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, 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...
