3/3/12 at 12:02 AM by Frank Coker I just had the good fortune to be a guest speaker at both the University of Arizona and at Arizona State University. The topic was Business Management 3.0 and the hot new trends in building a successful business. Both universities have thriving entrepreneurship programs and make-it-happen students.
Special thanks to:
Len Jessup, Ph. D., Dean of the Eller School…
2/7/12 at 4:19 PM by Frank Coker There are many ways to drive a company into the ground and not even know it. It’s usually not a total surprise when a company crashes, but most owners usually don’t really have a sense of when or how bad the crash will be.
Ironically, most companies that are doing well also don’t know how well they are doing and…
11/27/11 at 11:50 AM by Frank Coker Small businesses generate more than 50% of the GDP and employ about 70% of the workforce (data from Wikipedia). Since the US GDP is about $14.5 trillion and the number 2 global economy is China at $5.9 trillion, you can see that the small business engine in the US is bigger than the GDP of China.
And small business is…
10/10/11 at 10:35 PM by Frank Coker Building a business is a hard job. It feels like a constant race against time. Once you get behind financially it can be very hard to dig out. In fact it takes much more work to “come back” than it does to “stay ahead.” But most companies don’t really know where the bright line is between falling behind and moving…
9/7/11 at 10:03 PM by Frank Coker Over the past several months we have been noticing a surprising number of companies growing their top line and shrinking their bottom line. Increasing revenues and decreasing profits should set off major alarm bells. Though there are times when that can be a good thing, like right after you hire a new engineer, it is definitely not a situation that…
8/25/11 at 10:49 AM by Frank Coker It’s not payroll, not the number of clients, not ability to land new sales, not billing rates, not the business model, not overheads and not a lot of other things that might come to mind. The one metric that jumps out as the clear driver is total revenue per employee. Research shows there is very little meaningful difference in these aforementinoed…
8/16/11 at 5:30 PM by Frank Coker 
Azure Platform for Industrial-Strength SaaS!
Corelytics is now certified and operational on Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud. We are taking this cloud thing seriously, and are now doing what we have advised other companies to do.
Microsoft recently interviewed us about our app and our move to Azure.
Why did we make this transition? Actually there are a lot…
8/12/11 at 2:08 PM by Frank Coker Corelytics was thrilled to receive the grand prize in the Intuit Apps Showcase event last night in San Francisco with Team Intuit, ten venture capitalist judges, QuickBooks Pro Advisers and a ballroom full of peers from the Intuit App ecosystem. Corelytics receives $25,000 plus a marketing campaign with Intuit.
Here’s what Intuit says about Corelytics
Read the Intuit Press Release
The…
2/11/11 at 12:24 AM by Frank Coker Serious boaters, and especially sail boaters, will tell you that plotting a course to your destination is critical but not enough to get you there. You also need to compensate for winds and currents. You need to know about tide changes and current flows and how they impact your course or you might find yourself at an unintended destination.
Business…
1/23/11 at 7:06 PM by Frank Coker Your biggest expense is your payroll. And your most unforgiving payees are your employees. If you miss payroll or make partial payment to staff, there is panic, fear and major distrust. You are messing with their livelihood and that is not acceptable. But if your employees contribute what is less than needed to run the business… well, ooops… that’s just…