by Paul Lepa | Oct 31, 2010 | Growing Business
Few cool things over the weekend. 1st – finally (and I mean finally) after months of work, a US account via HSBC is now close to being opened. Only took 4 months! 2nd – connected with some smart people about currency movements into China – the way we are doing...
by Paul Lepa | Oct 30, 2010 | Growing Business
The difference between failure and success is 6 months. (a twist on the its close cousin of “The difference between success and failure is 6 months”) – a more positive spin
by Paul Lepa | Oct 29, 2010 | Growing Business
Big part of the day I spent looking at forecasts for 2011, 2012 and 2013. I played with a number of factors – such as economy in the US, UK, etc. My models work on a large number of assumptions – so not only is the ‘forecasting’ a little like...
by Paul Lepa | Oct 28, 2010 | Growing Business
One of the great things that is coming out of the work in finance is that it forces me to actually re-evaluate every single part of the business. Each stage, piece, structure, strategy, cost, income is now getting visibility (or at least is getting talked...
by Paul Lepa | Oct 27, 2010 | Growing Business
My daily life is pretty much outsourced – housekeeper takes care of the house, cooks, cleans, pays the bills, etc. My PA manages the housekeeper. The driving service drives me where I need to go, so I don’t have to worry about maintaining a...
by Paul Lepa | Oct 21, 2010 | Growing Business
On the weekend I needed to pick up a new dresses. Off to the easiet option: Ikea. As we designed the dresses the Ikea helpers gave us the whole part list to get. Lo and behold a guy comes up and quietly say that 4% of purchase price try wil do all the picking, deliver...