Poultry farming is rearing any or all domesticated fowls, including chicken, geese, ducks, and turkeys for their meat or eggs. Poultry farming is a vibrant segment that contributes to food security and availability worldwide. Poultry meat remains the most consumed meat around the world, accounting for nearly two-thirds of all animal meat products. And while in recent years there has been much discussion about sustainability, environmental issues, and protein intake from non-a

Your world will forever be intertwined with your personality and hence you must develop your personality and your personal brand. Today the world of self-branding is hot and kicking. There are hundreds of books on the subject, hundreds of experts. And I personally very much agree with this approach. In a world where there is constant abundance, our ability to develop a unique personality is simply a necessity. And why do you ask ?! it's simple. I believe in mastering your own

"Assets in sustainable mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) hit an all-time high of USD 1.2 trillion at the end of the third quarter of 2020, with flows outstripping the overall market. We expect a strong continuation of this trend in 2021 and beyond, as investors finally lay to rest the notion that sustainable investing compromises returns. Shifting societal values and greater regulatory pressure are further strengthening client demand, lending additional support to

I see a lot of startups raising capital and there is one common denominator that is repeated over and over again - the attempt to hang on to “hope” and even turn it into a guiding strategy. Well, hope cannot be the strategy in this case! Raising from venture capital funds and even from private investors, is a process of "complex sale", a process in which you entrepreneurs sell shares of your company and therefore requires careful planning from who you sell to, how you sell it

Nowadays our development system is based on the so-called Linear Economy, which exploits natural resources (mostly fossils) to generate goods and services, closing its production process with the elimination of waste, destinated to accumulate more and more. On the other hand, Circular Economy aims to reduce most of the waste, converting it into an available resource which can be reused as a secondary raw material into the production process. Every product or output, from the

Climate change has been marked as one of the most discerning issues of the 21st century. With the rising concerns over climate change and its associated risks on global economies, no one can afford to remain indifferent to consequences that will affect the whole world. All the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals represent the risk areas that are jeopardizing businesses and societies. If left unattended, these risks will be worsening the current global scenario. On

As the economy dramatically shifts, fundamental questions are being raised about the readiness of the working professionals to handle the "jobs" of the future. In an effort to assess how "top of mind" these skills and competencies are, the American Management Association surveyed 2115 managers and top executives about the importance of the same. This survey defined the most critical skills for organizational success as follows: Critical thinking and problem solving – the abil

Have you ever asked yourself: how is it that some people are so successful and others just are not? What differentiates them? What are the little things that can make a person successful or predict success? Does success depend only on us? Or is it all fate that has been forced upon us? In this article, you'll learn about the awesome power of your beliefs, particularly something called the growth mindset. After decades, researchers have found that our beliefs about ourselves,

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), in order to be achieved, are going to require a lot of investment. A lot of new infrastructures are going to have to be built, water desalination systems, waste recycling systems. A lot of new kinds of power plants are going to have to be constructed. A lot of healthcare outlays will be required. A lot of education outlays will be required... And many more. Like anything in building for the future, investing is at the core of achieving

Exit strategy, what a powerful expression, and today one of the most popular in the media due to the COVID situation. But not only. It is also one of the most important slides in your pitch deck. Anyone working on an investor presentation, stop for a moment. Do you have a reference to EXIT? A strategy, No? Remember one very simple thing: when you refer to investors in order to get an investment and especially if you are in the early stages, you need to have a very clear exit

When you pitch to investors, balance between talking and listening. Conversation with investors, like any effective communication process, is listening and reflecting. Listening is critical, as the listening process reveals patterns of opposition on the part of the potential investor, including insights that are important to take on the road. The objections are the biggest treasure an entrepreneur can get in a presentation. But if you are in an automatic mode of telling your

Entrepreneurs, you're pitching your startup to an investor?! Stop for a moment and remember Lewis Carroll's masterpiece: "Would you please tell me, which way should I go from here?", "It largely depends on where you want to go," the cat said. "I do not care so much where -" said Alice. "So, no matter which way you go," the cat said. How simple, how amazing ... and yet, I see countless investor presentations that are a wonderful expression of "no matter which way you go". An i

Have you ever been told to do your best? It's a goal, right? It's a form of goal setting. It turns out it's not a particularly effective goal in terms of driving people's performance. In short, most people, when asked to do their best, don't do so. And yet I hear a lot of internal speeches from executives in organizations who speak exactly that way. While language shapes reality, it is important to root out proper professional language that will translate into effective actio

Imagine a situation where a life-threatening illness affects 12% of adults worldwide goes untreated 80% of the time, and when it does, 50% of the patients associated with this illness do not tolerate the commonly used treatment, the CPAP. Well, this is the case of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), a "silent killer", affecting 936M people, double the size of Diabetes, an illness that has a crucial impact on life quality. Sleep apnea is a sleeping disorder that results in breathin

Since the adoption of “the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” in 2015, it has been observed that a lot of initiatives have been taken to meet the goals and achieve targets of sustainable development goals (SDGs). Governments are making policies and introducing legislation, corporations are showing their efforts to meet the needs of the 2030 Agenda through their corporate sustainability reports (CSR). However, a lot needs to be done and nations are lagging in their targe

Albert Einstein said, “In the middle of difficulty opportunity lies.” The consensus among the nations on sustainable development goals is the opportunity to abridge the shortcomings in our national policies, global businesses, and investment focus areas. To achieve the goals and objectives of the SDGs we must use our resources wisely as there will never be enough resources to put separate funding for all the problems at once. Like all other sectors, the investment sector is a

Anyone who knows me and my worldview know one thing: Success or failure is a matter of management and management only. Add to that passion and vision and you have unstoppable power. Note, a company can have an excellent product line and deep pockets, but if its management fails in a creative, effective, and visionary way to harness all the resources in the organization to go in a certain direction, then bankruptcy is a matter of time. In fact, the cemeteries are full of compa

Knowing how to sell a company is a kind of art. Sometimes it's not just the passion that drives entrepreneurs and the purpose of venture capital funds, it's also the name of the game. The selling price on the one hand should reflect the value of the company at a given time and on the other hand produce conditions of mutual profit between the seller and the buyer and all the stakeholders involved. Determining the value of a company is critical to all parties in a transaction.

For the past year and a half, I have been assisting companies with a wide range of growth challenges. During this time, I touched on something like 35 companies, most of them technology companies at the beginning of their journey. With some of these companies, I had brief interactions between one specific counseling session and three sessions, with some of the companies it was a structured process of three to six months. Some of the CEOs of the companies I worked with became

There's a belief that DCF and real options based valuations are competing methods and therefore, in a way, mutually exclusive. But this belief is wrong and both methods have their merits side-by-side. Once one accepts that a company's value has both a DCF component and an uncertain growth options component, it will become more clear how various businesses are priced. Hence, there are two things that must be clarified regarding DCF and complex methods, such as real options and