Hear the words ‘corporate espionage’ and you might think it’s only something that corporate giants need to worry about.
But that’s not the case. Corporate espionage is something that can affect companies of any size. And despite what you might believe, the threat is highly likely to come from within your organization.
The corporate spy could be a dissatisfied or disgruntled employee, a manager, or a supplier, according to Rick Orloff,
The CFO Center appoints Peter Caltabiano, Senior Executive, to open 2nd U.S. Territory, located in South Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA— The CFO Center (www.thecfocenter.com) has appointed Pete Caltabiano, Senior Executive, as Regional Director for the Southeastern United States and Caribbean. Headquartered in South Florida, he will develop and lead a team of professionally qualified CPAs providing CFO services to small- and medium-sized enterprises in Florida. “We are very fortunate to find a partner like Pete,
It might look innocent enough, but your office shredding machine actually poses as much a threat to your business as the most virulent computer virus.
What?! How?
How could something that was bought to protect your business be as harmful as a computer Trojan?
It’s simple really: it’s not fit for purpose. Yes, it cuts your unwanted documents into thin strips. But—and this is the important bit—it leaves your company exposed to all kinds of trouble because those strips can be reassembled.
Coffee is one of the most sought after commodities in the world but even that fact doesn’t make coffee traders immune to economic turbulence.
Such was the case for family-run green bean coffee merchant D.R. Wakefield. During one particularly volatile period, the UK-based business was subject to some tough grilling by its bank but just didn’t have the wherewithal to supply the answers.
“We simply didn’t have enough background information, data and statistics collated in a manner required by the bank,” recalls CEO Simon Wakefield.
Rapid growth is the stuff most entrepreneurs dream about as they take their fledgling company through the early years but when it happens, it can quickly become the stuff of nightmares.
The bubbles in the celebratory champagne—“Here’s to our success!”—barely have time to go flat before the problems arise across the high-impact growth or Scale Up business.
Suddenly owners are beset by problems involving the people they’ve hired or not hired, their cashflow chokes,
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Are you so wary of debt that you won’t look for external funding to grow your company? Do you still consider the banks to be the only real source of funding?
A ‘yes’ answer to one or both of those questions is a sign that you could be hampering your company’s future growth prospects. (If you’d like to find out more about your strategic funding options, download a free report now by clicking here.)
If you are hindering your company’s growth,
Don’t Bankrupt Your Company Like So Many Olympic Host Cities Do.
The Olympic Games allows top athletes the chance to compete against the best in the world and gives TV audiences the opportunity to watch non-stop sports for three weeks, but it’s usually an economic disaster for the city that hosts the event.
The fact that host cities are left with a few over-sized stadiums (so-called ‘legacy projects’) and mountainous debts once the 17-day sporting extravaganza is over shouldn’t come as a surprise.
People might have laughed when twin brothers Alan and Gerry Keery first said they needed to raise £60,000 to open a café that would only offer breakfast cereals, but thanks to the widespread publicity they garnered from their appeal on the crowdfunding site, Indiegogo, they were able to raise the funds they needed.
Although the funds didn’t come from the Indiegogo platform, the news of the Keery’s plan did attract the interest of outside investors who found it hugely palatable.
At an age when they should (or we just wish they would) hang up their leather trousers and retire disgracefully, more and more ancient rockers are embarking on yet another tour.
This year alone, the Rolling Stones (of course!), Madonna, The Who, Neil Young, Rod Stewart, Pearl Jam, Queen and even Ringo Starr are performing on stages around the globe. Given that many of them are nearing or way past grandparent-age, you might wonder why they’re still bothering so many years after their first taste of fame.
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