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Gordon blogs only when he sees a need either among our members or within a business transaction in which he is personally engaged. Content rich and highly insightful, Gordon's blogs are like an advanced course in business success.

Getting Government Regulators Off Your Back

Nothing frustrates a business owner more than an inspection by a government regulator, especially where the written report finds significant violations of hard to understand or vague “breaches of regulations.” Confrontation between an entrepreneur and a regulator is most often followed with the bureaucrat inclined to show the business owner or management how powerful he…

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SO MUCH TO DO, SO LITTLE TIME

Every week I receive more than a dozen requests for a personal meeting. Despite my current work week of about 70 hours, it is no longer possible for me to honor the vast majority of these requests. In the last few years, I’ve had to become extremely disciplined about how I invest my time. I'm…

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BUY or SELL AMAZON STOREFRONT COMPANY

Below are 27 factors that comprise an algorithm which National Diversified Funding Corporation uses to calculate the purchase price (valuation) of Amazon storefront type companies for sale. Why are these 27 factors important? It's not enough to say Amazon storefront companies are valued at four or five times EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and…

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WHY LET THE “BIG BOYS” HAVE ALL THE FUN?

According to a recent article in the LA Times Business Section, private equity firms are awash with cash for the purchase of companies that either generate substantial cash flow or can be broken up and sold piecemeal for more then the purchase price of the whole. Their cash, in the tens of billions of dollars,…

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22 ACTIONS TO LOWER COSTS & UP CASH FLOW

Reducing costs and increasing cash flow are top priorities essential to beating the competition. Yet few entrepreneurs pay the same attention to these two key components as they do to increasing sales. When they do, they stand out. It’s how Sam Walton’s Walmart beat K-Mart, Target, Sears, and throngs of local and regional stores to…

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GOOGLE EVERYTHING!

The two most important words in the English language for anyone who wants to know more about anything are “Google Everything”. Actually it was a close race where “Google Everything” barely edged out two other two word phrases for the title. The other phrases were; “Google It” and “Think Google.” No matter which phrase you…

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Business Profit and Risk in the 21st Century

There is a chasm between the ways wealth was created in the 20th versus the 21st Century. In the 20th, it was essentially invention of devices followed by well managed traditional assets, (real estate, plants, machinery, equipment etc.) leveraging large labor forces. In the 21st, it is development and management of intellectual property leveraged through…

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IS THE INVESTOR YOU SEEK THE INVESTOR YOU WANT?

National Diversified Funding Corporation (NDFC) recently invested in a company founded by a member of our program. The entrepreneur believed he needed more than a $1 MM investment. NDFC’s finance team introduced the company to near a dozen angel and private equity investors where the entrepreneur made a compelling presentation for the future of his…

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No Green Card? No Problem!

Just because the cards are all stacked against you doesn’t mean you can’t prosper.   In the US on a student visa from Ghana, Zak Senanu could not be legally employed. Zak found himself in dire need of more money for college and living expenses, but didn’t want to do anything illegal.   Zak tripped…

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Essential Elements of an Executive Summary

The majority of entrepreneurs trying to raise capital for their business fail because they do not present a potential investor with a clear, concise, well thought-out Executive Summary. A typical business plan is too long and detailed for most investors who typically will not take the time to read it through. The Executive Summary is…

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