The mobile boardroom
Subtitle: top tips for business success
By: Nik Askaroff & Julian Clay
Contributors: Clay, Julian
Publisher: Thorogood
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9781854188311; 9781854188304
Subjects: Success in business
Description: Chapter 6; Management of people; Introduction; 1. Your leadership style; 2. Clarify roles and supply resources; 3. Communication; 4. Your management style; 5. Manage information well; 6. Look at rewards; 7. Training and development; 8. Remove barriers to success; 9. Recruit well; 10. Build a team; Summary; Chapter 7; Operations, production and service; Introduction; 1. Operational planning; 2. People respond to their environment; 3. Documentation for strong foundations; 4. Quality assurance not quality control; 5. Don't be too impatient with new ideas; 6. Good communication.

The Mobile Boardroom covers questions and challenges business owners and senior managers will face.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: About the authors; Nik Askaroff FCA; Julian Clay; Foreword; Glossary of sales terms; Introduction; Chapter 1; Better business planning; Introduction; 1. Brainstorming; 2. Analyse the numbers; 3. What do investors look for?; 4. Define your business concept; 5. Clarify the market opportunity; 6. Developing a strategy; 7. The management team; 8. Risk; 9. Resources; 10. Customer satisfaction; Summary; Chapter 2; Raising capital; Introduction; 1. What is venture capital?; 2. Be clear why funding is required; 3. Which VC to approach and how; 4. The business plan.; title: 5. Be prepared to face emotive issues6. Prepare by 'grooming'; 7. The investment process; 8. Exit; 9. Other practical issues; Summary; Chapter 3; Financial management; Introduction; 1. Information gathering and presenting; 2. The management information process; 3. Presenting MI information; 4. Key performance indicators (KPIs); 5. Budgeting; 6. Managing costs; 7. Types of external funding and costs; 8. Risk; 9. Effective cash flow management; Summary; Chapter 4; Sales and marketing; Introduction; 1. Recruitment and process; 2. Measurement; 3. Motivation and reward; 4. Training and mentoring.; title: 5. Marketing6. Profit, revenue and margins; 7. Qualification; 8. Customer retention; 9. Context-driven sales; 10. Monitoring; Summary; Chapter 5; Information technology; Introduction; 1. Business service requirements; 2. Keep it simple, robust and reliable; 3. Standardise on IT equipment and configuration; 4. Managing IT costs and a budget; 5. Test data backup and disaster recovery processes; 6. Create a documentation library; 7. Build good supplier relationships; 8. Supplement your internal IT support capacity; 9. Think carefully about 'The Cloud'; 10. Take information security seriously.; title: 7. Help your suppliers to help you8. Pareto; title: Make it work for you!; 9. Speed up throughput times; 10. Resolving any underlying issues; Summary; Chapter 8; Mergers and acquisitions; Introduction; 1. Get your strategy right; 2. Research potential targets; 3. First approach; 4. Due Diligence; 5. Negotiation and closing the deal; 6. Post-acquisition management; 7. Run your company; 8. Control the deal; 9. Make sure you can afford it; 10. Advisers; Summary; Chapter 9; Management buy-outs; Introduction; 1. The MBO journey; 2. The benefits of the MBO; 3. Identifying the opportunity.