Executive Forums Silicon Valley Blog
It’s All About Assets!
Business owners are often fully devoted to running and growing their companies that they hardly pay attention to both business and personal assets’ acquisition, accumulation, protection and transition. They need to take a holistic and strategic view of the sources, threats, application, and legacy issues. ...
Trademarks for Small and Mid-sized Businesses
Importance of trademarks Why do trademarks matter to small and mid-sized businesses? “The best companies are those whose brands are easy to remember and instantly recognizable,” said Dana Brody-Brown, Counsel at Hoge-Fenton during a recent interactive workshop at the Executive Forums Silicon Valley (EFSV) Advisory Board. Trademarks can serve to differentiate your products from others ...
Your Business’ “Grey Wolf” (Part 3 of 3, Organization Rewilding)
The grey wolf metaphor comes from the success in the revitalization of the Yellowstone Park’s complex ecosystem in the 1990s. Through the introduction of a Key Systemic Element (grey wolves), a complete transformation occurred to bring back vitality, life and growth of the park. Similarly, businesses are a complex ecosystem and through the identification and ...
7 Stages of Growth and Hidden Agents (Pt 2 of 3, Organization Rewilding)
Do you ever feel like there are times in your business that you keep bumping up against an invisible force field? Something that holds you back regardless of how hard you try to grow or move forward? What you may be experiencing is something James Fischer, in his book Navigating the Growth Curve, calls Hidden ...
7 Stages of Growth and 3 Gates of Focus (Pt 1 of 3, organization rewilding)
In February 2020, Executive Forum Silicon Valley (“EFSV”) members feasted on the insights and wisdom from the book “Navigating the Growth Curve” that helps understand and manage the increasing complexity at every level of growth. They each take back to their own organization the tools acquired at the Forum for engaging the people in their ...