Jonathan Jacobs

Jul 23, 2024 | kroll.com | Jonathan Jacobs |Rebecca Nelson |Alexander Kessler |David C Liu

Tue, Jul 23, 2024Download the ReportIn this edition of the Financial Institutions Group (FIG) update from Kroll, we evaluate current market trends, prevailing investor sentiment and valuation developments in the featured subsectors. The global financial institutions market is expected to grow in revenue, from USD 25.5 trillion in 2022 to USD 58.7 trillion by 2031, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.7%.

Jul 28, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Jonathan Jacobs

Since your first title sold 10,000 copies in its debut month, you’ve been able to quit your day job and pivot to making writing your full-time profession. As reliable as the sunrise, a royalty check finds its way into your mailbox each month. Your phone pings hourly to let you know that yet another reader has shared your book on social media. Your publisher is waiting on book number two, and the journey you’ve long been waiting to embark on as a professional novelist is now your reality.

Jul 3, 2023 | entrepreneurshandbook.co | Jonathan Jacobs

Four strategies to prepare for an exit that will set you up for success. From the moment our CMO was removed to my first call with our interim CMO three weeks had elapsed. Three weeks with no idea what the future held, what our revenue goals were, if we would even have services to sell. When we finally got on the Zoom call, joined by the VP of HR, I had answers immediately: the firm would be shut down ASAP. Our client contracts would be sunset, and the entire team would be let go…I would be let go.

Jul 3, 2023 | entrepreneurshandbook.co | Jonathan Jacobs

The first thing you need to do is remember that the future, while guaranteed, is uncertain. Once you give up the controlling stake in your business, you are no longer the sole determinant of its future. Pegging your satisfaction with a sale to what might happen six, twelve, or twenty-four months down the line is, sadly, a recipe for disappointment. You no longer get to shape the future. This means you need to engage in some endpoint thinking. The sale as terminus.