We moved house this week, and it genuinely felt like more than just geography. It was a message to ourselves. The boxes are still half-packed, and...
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A Halloween Story About Black Swans
Happy Halloween! We will be enjoying a Halloween tradition in our house, with wine, snacks and finding the cheesiest and worst scary movies we...
A Cash Guide for a Good Night’s Sleep
“Cash… is like oxygen — you don’t notice it until it’s gone.” Warren Buffett Before I talk about the cash in your business, I want to first talk...
Your Business Can’t Scale While You Email
You may have heard me speaking of this before, but a few years ago, I hit a wall. It was summer of 2018. We had been in Portugal for two years, the...
Structure Without Suffocating Spirit
As I have watched Manchester United consistently drop in standards over the past decade, it has unfortunately also coincided with a period of almost...
Margins Shrinking? This Is Your Easiest Fix
Margins don’t often vanish overnight. Instead they are allowed to slowly shrink away, eaten up by rising salaries, creeping software costs, and the...
The Hidden Cost of Saying Yes
Uber was the ultimate growth story. In less than a decade, the company expanded into more than 80 countries, raised billions in funding, and became...
Always being right is so wrong
In the early '90s, George Michael filed a legal case against Sony, arguing his recording contract amounted to “professional slavery.” He claimed it...
When Disaster Strikes: 3 Steps to Recovery
We all hope it won’t happen, but in your business, disaster will hit eventually. The events of March 2020, Covid-19 and global lockdown are still...
Back to School on the Impossible
I subscribe to Hubspot’s daily Hustle newsletter. If you are not familiar with it, it’s a simple daily news format and a nice way to digest what is...
Cutting costs or cutting corners?
In my CFO advisory meetings, I am regularly asked if the business should be reviewing and reducing costs. I always answer this the same way: why?...
Is it guilt—or is it control?
A University of London / Foundology “Founder Resilience” Report (2024) found that 57% of founders reported feeling guilty when they took a break...
Back from the Break: What Did the Silence Teach You?
Last week I spoke about the Holiday Stress test and preparing for a holiday with inbox silence. I want you to read this follow up newsletter when...
Absence is the real test of leadership
Arsene Wenger’s Shadow When Arsène Wenger stepped down from Arsenal in 2018, after 22 years, the club struggled badly. Not just with performance,...
Rest is not the opposite of work
Every Saturday during summer we do a full day on the beach. I have a regimented routine to pack our towels, a picnic, drinks, and I am so accustomed...
Regrow With Purpose
Quick recap from the past 4 weeks: Every business follows a common lifecycle Plateau normally follows initial growth Diagnosis of why plateau has...
Hitting Pause
Before we talk about what to do next, let’s remember what we’ve just learned: a plateauing business is not a failure. The symptoms and root causes I...
Something just doesn’t feel right
Over the last two newsletters I have discussed how businesses evolve through a common lifecycle, and how that lifecycle has plateaus and dips as...
Shrink and Restabilise
Last week we spoke about the 7 stages of a business lifecycle - quick recap below: https://nuvem9.co.uk/knowledge-base/business-lifecycle/I am...
Business Lifecycle
A blog share from Niall McGinnity, CEO @ Nuvem9 Every business I have worked with and advised on follows a lifecycle as follows: Launch / Startup...
The ONE Thing
Do you know the ONE thing for your business? This is the only place where growth truly begins.
The Reverse Planning Method: How To Achieve Your 10 Year Goals
Niall McGinnity, CEO @ Nuvem9 One of the biggest driving forces in our decision to move to Portugal and live beside the ocean is that the beach, sea...
The Next 100 Days: How to Lead Your Business Like a President
There was a lot of attention given to the 100th day of President Trump’s second term in office this year. In American politics, the first 100 days...
Three Most Important Questions
We’re back for the final instalment of Making the First Move. Missed ‘Making The First Move' so far? Here's how you can: Forget The Firefighting –...