Ten CEO Advisory Gifts of Wisdom — Part 2
Wisdom #11
Every CEO Should Know This Three Letters Tale:
A new CEO asks for advice & an outgoing CEO prepares the 3 letters — each to be read when “the going gets tough”
- 1st letter said: Blame the old management
- 2nd letter said: Reorganize
- 3rd letter said: It’s time to prepare your own three letters…
Wisdom #12
CEOs that can AND can’t be helped…
Wisdom #13
Successful companies need both: Visionary CEOs & Talented Advisers. “Talent is the natural ability to do something well” — Collins Dictionary
Wisdom #14
My Law of the Opposites:
· For every closed-minded CEO, one can always find an open-minded BOD member
· For every indifferent BOD, one can always find a motivated stakeholder
· For every narcissistic millionaire, there is always an empathetic billionaire
· For every unyielding politician, there is always the court of public opinion
Wisdom #15
Don’t procrastinate, act NOW! Good decisions are not to be “marinated” like Moishes’ pickles…
Wisdom #16
“Amateurs don’t use coaches; the top athletes do… and so should you”
Wisdom #17
Form an exceptional Advisory Board — ASAP. If you don’t, your BOD may soon bring a Co-CEO for you…
Wisdom #18
The top 3 priorities of EVERY CEO:
· Increase PROFITABILITY of existing business
· Add new CAPABILITIES to existing business
· Explore OPPORTUNITIES beyond existing business
Wisdom #19
Still imitating competitors instead of creating new markets? Sooner, or later, you’ll be branded as a boring imposter/meme spreader…
Wisdom #20
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts…
AI-Driven EAs + Strategic Adviser = CEO Greatest Assets
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“BODs Serve Investors, Advisory Boards Are CEOs’ Best Friends”
Imitation works best in karaoke bars, not in business. To escape the competition, businesses need to constantly reinvent. I join Advisory Boards and bring the operational KEE (Knowledge, Experience, and Expertise) to Radical Innovation. And my Know-How is a direct result of a 30-yr Entrepreneurial Journey.
There is not a single top athlete who does not have a coach. And yet, only 20% of CEOs are coached by Advisors. The other 80% — may never become the top performers they could have been. Thus, my advice to CEOs: “Amateurs don’t use coaches, professionals do… and so should you”.
As a 30-yr BusinessAI™ veteran, I offer hands-on AI investment advice to VC & PE portfolio companies. In many cases, I deliver results in 30–90 days by structuring JVs to bring untapped revenue streams — just as I already did w/ Verizon 20-yrs ago…
I used advanced BusinessAI™ strategies in Cleantech for 12 yrs. Now, I help VC & PE funds to maximize their returns also in Healthcare, Fintech, Transportation, and Construction industries. And I apply the same structured finance expertise I acquired through financing over $1B of Renewable Energy projects.
So, I Propose, Design, Structure, Finance, and Deploy state-of-the-art Joint Ventures to bring RAPID & SUSTAINABLE REVENUES. And as a coach & mentor, I bring business savvy to separate the wheat from the chaff. My pattern recognition abilities allow me to see what is still missing & how to maximize business offerings & profitability…
What I learned over the years is that it is not just technology innovation that makes all the difference. Business Model Innovation is as disruptive as Technology Innovation and yet I see too many companies focused on pushing their product out the door — while losing ~70% of untapped revenue streams.
My LeanBOD™ recommendation? Mandate CEO Advisory Boards — the fastest way to accelerate Scale-Up & Expansion, Revenue Growth, Margin Enhancement & Opening New Channels.
SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Using AI in CT medical diagnostic, financial fraud detection, solar PV, wind, WTE, energy efficiency, etc. Finance skills: equity, non-recourse debt, balance sheet financing, and tax equity. I also took a tiny startup public, building a $135MM enterprise & received funding from NRC & DND. Academic R&D collaborations included: UW, UofG, UofT, and MCC Consortium in Texas.
