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Nine problems we see again and again. And what to do about them.
Short, practical notes from more than 30 years of planning, building and running manufacturing and technology ventures. Each one starts with a problem that stalls good projects, and ends with what to do instead.
Why good ventures stall at appraisal, and what a lender actually reads first.
Read the articleMost project delays don’t begin on site. They begin on paper.
Read the articleCentral and state schemes are real money, with deadlines, formats and conditions.
Read the articleApprovals need a plan as much as construction does.
Read the articleSenior decisions arrive long before a growing firm can afford a full-time CFO or COO.
Read the articleFinding customers, channels and price should start before the plant does.
Read the articleThe same decisions in the wrong order can lead to a very different outcome.
Read the articleWorking capital, moratorium and repayment need planning on day one, not day three hundred.
Read the articleEvery hand-off loses something. What if one partner stayed from idea to plant to market?
Read the articleNine problems. One answer.
Plan it right. Build it right. Lead it right.
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