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Only 30% of family businesses survive the move to a second generation. Much of what is lost is knowledge nobody wrote down. How to get it out of one head before the handover.
Spreadsheets are underrated, right up until they are dangerous. Seven signals that yours has quietly become critical infrastructure, and what to do about it without a rebuild.
Two ways to fix an ageing system, and they suit very different businesses. How to tell which one you need, what each really costs, and why the bigger option is usually sold harder.
Old systems rarely show up as a line on the P&L, which is why they survive. Here is how to put a number on what yours costs in staff time, lost work, risk and the things you cannot do.
Standing still is not free, it is just billed differently. Five honest answers to the question every business owner asks before a modernisation project, including when the answer is to do nothing.
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