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YOUR Outlook for 2012
ExpertCEO members shared their expectations for the year ahead, in terms of revenue growth, hiring, spending, and financing. Survey results suggest optimism, with 80% predicting top line increases, 56% planning to...
It's Bonus Time Again
Are year-end bonuses a good way to reward outstanding performance? Do they motivate employees to achieve or exceed corporate goals? Or are they a source of friction among team members? Mike Myatt offers a th...
Burn Rate Advice
Fred Wilson shares benchmarks and recommendations on burnrates for U.S.-based software start-ups, by development stage. How do YOUR calculations compare?
CEO Doom and Gloom
CEO confidence is eroding, according to Chief Executive's September survey. More than 20% expect to see a decline in profit, capital expenditures and hiring over the next year. What about YOU?
Is Lean and Mean Also Risky?
This Slate article profiles the choices faced by a start-up fortunate enough to be offered venture funding but lean enough to eschew it. Some say there's a downside to the new model where newly...
CEO's Glass Half Full
CEO's surveyed expect economic and business conditions to improve, according to
Survey Says: Execs Share Sentiments Post-Election
Hot off the presses, this document summarizes results of a McKinsey survey of corporate leaders on the economy, conducted immediately after the election. Insight into the planned hiring, pricing, and spending decisions in executive suites around the...
Global Economic Conditions Bottoming?
McKinsey & Co. surveys executives quarterly about economic expectations. For the first time in the year since the crisis erupted, more leaders predict near-term profits to rise than to fall, along with slower long-term growth. Full survey results...
CEO Survey: This Year Worse Than Last
Hot off the presses, this survey of Silicon Valley corporate leaders indicates that nearly 75% of the CEOs polled expect job growth in their industry will be worse this year than it was last. Only one in six plans to add workers this year. These...
10 Questions for Your CFO
McKinsey Quarterly shares a short list of priorities, as the focus shifts from crisis management toward recovery. Is your organization asking and answering the right questions? (Requires free registration.)
Recession-Proof Your Company
MIT researchers describe forecasting methods that can meaningfully improve your ability to prosper despite variable economic conditions. Whether by improving pricing, capital investment, marketing, or HR decisions, the authors believe you will...
Sequoia's Advice: Good or Evil?
Tech blogger Erik Sherman says the 'hunker down' advice is too true to be other than good. What do YOU think? What are you DOING? Post your reactions below.
Missed the Numbers?
Earnings surprises are never pretty...but Harvard professors examine the career consequences to CEOs and CFOs of failure to meet earnings expectations and measure the impact on compensation and job security, pre- and post-Sarbanes Oxley. Worth the...
Managing Cash in a Downturn
Current market turbulence makes serial CEO Penny Herscher's wisdom about how to extend your runway in difficult economic times especially relevant.
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