Insights
Aldermere Advisory Quarterly
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Strategy
The three-line strategy: a test for any plan
If a strategy cannot be written in three lines, it is not a strategy yet. Here is the test we use on every plan we are shown.

Reporting
Why your monthly report is not helping
A monthly pack of forty charts tells you what happened. It rarely tells you what to do. Here is how to cut it to one page.

People
Hiring your first head of operations
The founder who has done everything is the hardest person to replace. Here is how to hire your first head of operations, and how to let go.

Pricing
Price rises without the panic
Customers rarely leave because of a price rise. They leave because of how they were told. A short guide to doing it well.

Practice
What a good diagnostic actually contains
Before you pay for a diagnostic, know what you should get back. Here is what ours contains and why.

Finance
Cash is a lagging indicator
By the time cash gets tight, the cause is three months old. These are the earlier signs we watch instead.

Operations
Ten questions before you buy software
New software rarely fixes a broken process; it makes it faster. Ten questions to ask before you sign.

Practice
How to brief a consultant, and how to end it well
A good brief saves weeks. A good ending saves the relationship. What we wish every client knew before the first call.
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