Strategic Planning

Episode 36: Growing Your Business Through A Downturn – Are More Price Increases Coming? The CPI isn’t telling you what you think it is telling you.

In this episode, the series on growing your business through a downturn continues. This topic is very relevant to what’s happening in the current economy. Planning strategically and looking ahead will help you stay proactive so that you don’t just survive economic hardship, but thrive throughout it. What people need to know is that whether…

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Episode 35: Growing Your Business Through A Downturn – Which Industries Thrive and Which Get Hammered

Curious to look ahead at how an economic downturn might impact your business? Looking ahead is the first step to being prepared. When a downturn starts, the mainstream narrative explains that a recession begins when consumers stop spending, as if all consumers suddenly wake up one day and decide not to spend money. Looking deeper,…

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Episode 33: Wrapping Up Web 3.0

In this episode of Emerge Dynamics, we’re wrapping up our discussion about Web 3.0. You can be sure that Web 3.0 is going to be impacting business owners everywhere in a very real way, especially when it comes to creating contracts, decentralization of technology, and other digital expansions. What is a smart contact? A smart…

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Episode 25: Is Now The Right Time To Buy A Competitor?

In this episode, David and Eric will be discussing if now is a good time to start thinking about buying that competitor you’ve been thinking about. This episode builds upon our previous series on valuation and the current economic situation.  Today we are seeing more mainstream articles about how we are either already in a…

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Episode 21: Your Financial Forecast: Not A Tool To Predict The Future, But A Tool To Create It

In last week’s episode, David and Eric talked about ROA and ROA and why it’s important to grow your margin, but not at the expense of ROA. In today’s episode David and Eric discuss Financial Forecasting. While many seek a tool to help them see into the future, we believe this is a tool that…

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Episode 16: Ladi Franklin Of Trinidad And Tobago Demonstrates That Value Builder Concepts Are Applicable Across Cultures

On this episode of Emerge Dynamics we’re joined by guest Ladi Franklin. Not only is this woman doing amazing things for the businesses she works with, but she has also been working on the value-builder drivers in a culturally different space. She’s proving these principles are globally applicable. Originally from Nigeria, Ladi has been living…

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Episode 13: Monopoly Control and Recurring Revenue Can Be Your Most Powerful Value Drivers

This episode of Emerge Dynamics is a continuation of our series about understanding how much your business is really worth. This time, we’re discussing recurring revenue and monopoly control. Recurring revenue and monopoly control are drivers of your business valuation just like Switzerland and hub and spoke, as discussed in the previous episode. First and…

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Episode 12: Are You The Reason Your Business Is Worth Less Than It Should Be?

What are the things that drive the value of your business, and how can you make a positive impact on the worth of your business? Today we’re continuing our series on business valuation, and focusing on the main drivers so you know the right action steps to take to reduce the risk rate inside your…

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Episode 9: Does Planning Paralyze or Help You Thrive?

On this episode of the Emerge Dynamics podcast, we’re revisiting our strategic “dream planning” conversations to cover an objection to the process. The objection is: does all this planning paralyze? After all, if you plan too far in advance, it may become irrelevant. While the objection is understandable, the conclusion isn’t true. Analysis paralysis is…

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