The Importance of Investor Communications
Trust is the real currency between a company and the people who back it. Investors, lenders and partners can forgive a bad quarter.
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How Companies Prepare for Going Public
Ringing the opening bell is a powerful image, but the day a company goes public is the end of a very long road, not the beginning. Most of the work happens years earlier, quietly, in how the company keeps its books, governs itself and tells its story.
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How Intellectual Property Creates Long-Term Enterprise Value
Most of what a company is worth cannot be stacked on a shelf. It lives in names, ideas, code, designs, processes and relationships. That is intellectual property in the broad sense, and over a long enough horizon it is usually the part of a business that compounds the most.
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Why Strategic Partnerships Matter More Than Ever
No company grows alone. Every business I have built has depended on someone else’s skill, audience, infrastructure or trust. The question is never whether to work with partners.
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Understanding Corporate Risk Management
Every company carries risk. The ones that last are the ones that decide, on purpose, which risks they will take, which they will avoid and which they will hand to someone else.
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Building a Media Company Inside a Holding Company
People sometimes ask why a holding company would run newsrooms, a reader app and a family of story-driven websites. My answer is simple: every company needs to tell its story, and the best way I know to do that well is to treat storytelling as a real business rather than a side project.
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Internal Controls Every Growing Business Should Implement
Internal Controls Every Growing Business Should Implement This article is part of Boston Made’s February corporate governance and growth series. As a parent company focused on developing brands, subsidiaries, intellectual property, and long-term enterprise value, Boston Made explores the principles that help organizations scale responsibly. Organizations that invest in governance, compliance, strategic planning, and operational
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What Is a Corporate Veil and Why Does It Matter?
What Is a Corporate Veil and Why Does It Matter? This article is part of Boston Made’s February corporate governance and growth series. As a parent company focused on developing brands, subsidiaries, intellectual property, and long-term enterprise value, Boston Made explores the principles that help organizations scale responsibly. Organizations that invest in governance, compliance, strategic
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The Role of a Board of Directors in Modern Companies
The Role of a Board of Directors in Modern Companies This article is part of Boston Made’s February corporate governance and growth series. As a parent company focused on developing brands, subsidiaries, intellectual property, and long-term enterprise value, Boston Made explores the principles that help organizations scale responsibly. Organizations that invest in governance, compliance, strategic
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Preparing a Startup for Future Investment
The best time to prepare your company for investment is long before you need the money. Founders who wait until they are raising often discover gaps — in their records, their numbers or their story — that slow everything down at exactly the wrong moment.
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Creating a Corporate Records Management Program
Every company is, in a sense, a long chain of decisions and promises. Records are how you prove what was decided and what was promised.
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Corporate Compliance for Small Businesses
Corporate Compliance for Small Businesses This article is part of Boston Made’s February corporate governance and growth series. As a parent company focused on developing brands, subsidiaries, intellectual property, and long-term enterprise value, Boston Made explores the principles that help organizations scale responsibly. Organizations that invest in governance, compliance, strategic planning, and operational discipline are
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How Boston Made Evaluates New Business Opportunities
How Boston Made Evaluates New Business Opportunities This article is part of Boston Made’s February corporate governance and growth series. As a parent company focused on developing brands, subsidiaries, intellectual property, and long-term enterprise value, Boston Made explores the principles that help organizations scale responsibly. Organizations that invest in governance, compliance, strategic planning, and operational
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Building a Portfolio of Digital Assets
Building a Portfolio of Digital Assets This article is part of Boston Made’s February corporate governance and growth series. As a parent company focused on developing brands, subsidiaries, intellectual property, and long-term enterprise value, Boston Made explores the principles that help organizations scale responsibly. Organizations that invest in governance, compliance, strategic planning, and operational discipline
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Understanding Subsidiaries: How Parent Companies Manage Multiple Brands
Understanding Subsidiaries: How Parent Companies Manage Multiple Brands This article is part of Boston Made’s February corporate governance and growth series. As a parent company focused on developing brands, subsidiaries, intellectual property, and long-term enterprise value, Boston Made explores the principles that help organizations scale responsibly. Organizations that invest in governance, compliance, strategic planning, and
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The Difference Between a Brand, DBA, Subsidiary, and Corporation
The Difference Between a Brand, DBA, Subsidiary, and Corporation This article is part of Boston Made’s February corporate governance and growth series. As a parent company focused on developing brands, subsidiaries, intellectual property, and long-term enterprise value, Boston Made explores the principles that help organizations scale responsibly. Organizations that invest in governance, compliance, strategic planning,
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Why Every Growing Company Needs Governance Policies
Why Every Growing Company Needs Governance Policies This article is part of Boston Made’s February corporate governance and growth series. As a parent company focused on developing brands, subsidiaries, intellectual property, and long-term enterprise value, Boston Made explores the principles that help organizations scale responsibly. Organizations that invest in governance, compliance, strategic planning, and operational
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What Is a Holding Company and Why Do Businesses Use Them?
What Is a Holding Company and Why Do Businesses Use Them? This article is part of Boston Made’s February corporate governance and growth series. As a parent company focused on developing brands, subsidiaries, intellectual property, and long-term enterprise value, Boston Made explores the principles that help organizations scale responsibly. Organizations that invest in governance, compliance,
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