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		<title>Time to Get Real</title>
		<link>http://myceolife.com/2009/04/time-to-get-real/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The team at Classified Ad Ventures is working with companies around the world to help them refine their business models and to accelerate their growth.   One observation we have is that management and owners are often overly enthusiastic about of their revenue growth, expense requirements and ultimately market cap.  Why is this happening and what should these operators think about it?


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<li><a href='http://myceolife.com/2007/09/more-thoughts-on-business-leadership/' rel='bookmark' title='More Thoughts on Business Leadership'>More Thoughts on Business Leadership</a></li>
<li><a href='http://myceolife.com/2007/10/customer-expectation-setting/' rel='bookmark' title='Customer Expectation Setting'>Customer Expectation Setting</a></li>
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		<title>Now&#8217;s the Time to Buy</title>
		<link>http://myceolife.com/2009/03/nows-the-time-to-buy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You just have to turn on the TV for one minute in any country to hear just how bad the economic situation is.  The reports flood in from around the world about how business is contracting, unemployment is rising, consumers are no longer spending and companies are focusing on cost containment rather than revenue growth.  However, it is in times like this, that companies should be looking to acquire new businesses - they are now trading at reasonable levels and many of them are looking to be acquired.


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<li><a href='http://myceolife.com/2007/09/more-thoughts-on-business-leadership/' rel='bookmark' title='More Thoughts on Business Leadership'>More Thoughts on Business Leadership</a></li>
<li><a href='http://myceolife.com/2009/03/when-times-are-tough-staff-need-transparency/' rel='bookmark' title='When Times are Tough &#8211; Staff Need Transparency'>When Times are Tough &#8211; Staff Need Transparency</a></li>
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		<title>How Do You Value a Web 2.0 Business?</title>
		<link>http://myceolife.com/2008/09/how-do-you-value-a-web-20-business/</link>
		<comments>http://myceolife.com/2008/09/how-do-you-value-a-web-20-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A reader in India has sent me a question all around business valuation and more specifically he asked, how do you value a Web 2.0 business. 

At the REA Group we purchased 15 different businesses and during that time used a number of different valuation approaches.  These approaches included market values (ie comparative sales), discounted cash flow, revenue multiples, net earnings and EBITDA multiples, and value per customer. 

The challenge is how do you value a web 2.0 business that is usally defined as being strong on customer growth but light on revenues.

Read on for more ...


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<li><a href='http://myceolife.com/2008/08/its-all-about-focus/' rel='bookmark' title='Its All About Focus'>Its All About Focus</a></li>
<li><a href='http://myceolife.com/2007/05/building-a-business-on-passion/' rel='bookmark' title='Building a Business on Passion'>Building a Business on Passion</a></li>
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		<title>More Thoughts on Business Leadership</title>
		<link>http://myceolife.com/2007/09/more-thoughts-on-business-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://myceolife.com/2007/09/more-thoughts-on-business-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As i have previously mentioned, we have bought a couple of businesses.  Both of these acquisitions will merge with parts of the existing business. One of the businesses has a new product set that is complementary to the existing product set.  The way we are approaching this merger is to rapidly focus on getting the go [...]


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<li><a href='http://myceolife.com/2007/06/how-do-you-become-a-ceo/' rel='bookmark' title='How Do You Become a CEO?'>How Do You Become a CEO?</a></li>
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		<title>Business Integration</title>
		<link>http://myceolife.com/2007/04/business-integration/</link>
		<comments>http://myceolife.com/2007/04/business-integration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have recently purchased 2 smaller businesses.   Many people spend lots of time on the deal doing and not enough thinking about how to integrate the businesses. Integration is the make or break of any deal.  On paper it may look great but if the people dont want to play ball, then often the value [...]


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<li><a href='http://myceolife.com/2007/01/how-to-retain-great-people-part-2/' rel='bookmark' title='How to Retain Great People &#8211; Part 2'>How to Retain Great People &#8211; Part 2</a></li>
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		<title>Pennies from Heaven</title>
		<link>http://myceolife.com/2006/12/pennies-from-heaven/</link>
		<comments>http://myceolife.com/2006/12/pennies-from-heaven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever had on of those days when things go right and more importantly, something great just pops up and you cant say no. Well i had one of those days last week.  I was working away and received an email from someone in another country asking to help us enter that country.  Normally [...]


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<li><a href='http://myceolife.com/2006/05/mentoring/' rel='bookmark' title='Mentoring'>Mentoring</a></li>
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