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By Eugene E. Valdez AKA The Loan Doctor If you are a CEO of an Inland Empire based business you should devote a certain number of your weekly hours to engage in strategic planning. Purpose is to tweak your business model in response to changes in the environment (both external …
Read More »General Exit Strategies
By Eugene E. Valdez AKA The Loan Doctor™ This week’s article is for the benefit of owners of Inland Empire-based, closely-held companies who are thinking about selling their businesses in the next 2-3 years. Exit strategies are a complex subject matter and it is impossible to cover it all here. …
Read More »THE LOAN DOCTOR™ IN ACTION
By Eugene E. Valdez AKA The Loan Doctor™ I write an “advice column” primarily covering the subject matters of strategic planning and the process of obtaining bank loans for expansion. I have written hundreds of articles and spewed a lot of wisdom. If I were you the reader and we …
Read More »How to Create Growth Strategies to Attract Bank Financing
By Eugene E. Valdez AKA The Loan Doctor™ A couple of weeks ago I penned an article with the topic; reasons why a CEO would want to grow their company. This week I would like to stay with the subject of growth but pivot to the issue of how a …
Read More »Obtaining Financing and a CEO’s Wisdom Go Hand in Hand!
By Eugene E. Valdez AKA The Loan Doctor™ Bankers like to loan money to CEOs who have wisdom and intelligence. These two qualities are hallmarks of good executives and reduces a banker’s perceived risk in extending a loan to a business. In my opinion one of the ways CEO’s can …
Read More »Two Ears, One Mouth
By Tim Kolacz Do you ever wish people would shut up so that you can start talking? You are hearing them talk and you are formulating your response to them and then you argue the same point that they just mentioned while you were thinking and not listening? You have, …
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