Tom Mohr

 

   

Tom Mohr



106 Stories by Tom Mohr

Funding & Exits  –  Chapter 3: The Investor Continuum

For the fundable entrepreneur and company, there is an investor at every company stage. If you are the CEO, when it comes time to...
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Funding & Exits  –  Chapter 2: The Value Inflection Points

An investor must consider two key factors when assessing an investment: opportunity and traction. Opportunity points to the company’s potential; it includes the team, the product vision,...
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Funding & Exits  – Chapter 1: The Fundable Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship is woven into the fabric of America. 30 million small businesses operate in the US.¹ Each year, about 800,000 startups join their ranks.²...
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Funding & Exits  – Introduction

  Cash is fuel. As a tech company CEO, you need cash to scale. Most small businesses in the United States generate cash from...
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Chapter 23: 500 Desks  –  On Succession Planning

It was the arrival of two top executives that put you on the jetway towards IPO. In the wake of Pat Jansen’s tumultuous departure,...
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Chapter 22: 350 Desks –  On Leadership Development

In the past three months, the temperature climbed steadily in weekly exec group meetings. You and the executive group were frogs in a pot...
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Chapter 21: 310 Desks  –  On Layoffs

In the fourteen months after acquiring Weblastic, integration with SparkLight Digital proved difficult. Talk about oil and water. The two cultures couldn’t be more...
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Chapter 20: 330 Desks –  On Integrating Acquisitions

With a big smile and wave, Aiden McPhee walked through French Laundry to your corner table. You put down your glass of 2010 Silver...
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Chapter 19: 280 Desks  –  On Horizontal vs. Vertical

  SparkAction CRM crossed 4,000 dealer stores in June, punctuated by the re-signing of the 130-store McBride Auto Group. One year on DealerGasket’s CRM...
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Chapter 18: 200 Desks  – On Headquarters vs. Remote

  The McBride debacle was a galvanizing moment. To lose a 130-store deal — the largest auto dealer in the country — because SparkLight Digital couldn’t launch stores...
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Chapter 17: 150 Desks  –  On Managing Workflow Groups

Sometimes you really can grow too fast. Victor was at his desk when he received the RFP from McBride Auto Group, the largest dealer...
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