Turning Losers into Winners

Posted by on Oct 29, 2013 in Dave's Notes | 0 comments So many business books offer advice in the form of a small piece of a larger puzzle. The message is delivered in the form of a prescriptive tool, or a two by two decision matrix that is promoted as an elixir to what ails your business.  Often, it’s served up in a few clever slides or diagrams that can be presented at the next board meeting. What is missing from these formulaic pieces is the...
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Great Visions Need Great Execution

Posted by on Jun 3, 2011 in Dave's Notes | 0 comments     It’s been with a combination of disappointment and frustration that I’ve been watching the troubles of Greg Mortenson and his Central Asia Institute unfold.  First, CBS’s 60 Minutes questioned the veracity of some of the compelling stories told in his two books “Three Cups of Tea,” and “Stones to Schools.”  Next, outdoor author Jon Krakauer questioned many of what appear to...
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Welcome to Corvus Advisors, LLC

Posted by on Feb 8, 2011 in Dave's Notes | 1 comment Welcome to the new Corvus Advisors, LLC website.  My hope is that the information you may glean directly or indirectly through dealing with Corvus Advisors will help you compete more effectively in what author Jack Stack so appropriately named some time ago, “The Great Game of Business.”  Not unlike this year’s Super Bowl, today’s game of business requires an integrated set of skills...
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