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May 8, 2026

The Diversification Decision: When Entrepreneurs Should Enter a New Industry — and When They Should Not

Diversification is the most romanticized strategic move in business and the most reliably destructive when done for the wrong reasons. After thirty years of building across wine, real estate, hospitality, water, electricity, mobility, marine, and US distribution, the most useful frame I have found for the diversification decision is not 'what industry do we want to enter' but 'do we have a right to win in this industry, and at what cost to the businesses we already own?'

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May 7, 2026

Firing a Senior Executive: The Hardest Decision Every Founder Eventually Faces

The most expensive mistake I have watched founders make — including, more than once, inside our own group — is not the wrong hire. It is the wrong hire kept in place for two years too long. Removing a senior executive who is no longer right for the role is the hardest decision in the founder's job, and the one most often delayed past the point where delay still helps anyone.

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May 6, 2026

The Compounding Mindset: How Small Decisions Build Generational Wealth in Business

When my family's business was founded in 1890, no one was thinking about 2026. They were thinking about the next harvest. That's the paradox of long-lived businesses: they survive a hundred years not because their founders planned for a hundred years, but because they made the small, repeated decisions that compound. Compounding is the most underrated force in commerce — and the most counter-intuitive, because the years that matter most are the ones that look the most uneventful.

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May 5, 2026

Pricing Power: Why the Strongest Businesses Refuse to Compete on Price

Some years ago, during a soft market for premium wine, an importer asked us to drop our price by 8% to 'match the category.' I said no — and the reason has shaped how we think about every business in the group since. Pricing power is the single most diagnostic indicator of business quality, and once a brand teaches its customers that its price is negotiable, it can spend a decade trying to teach them otherwise.

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May 4, 2026

The CEO's Calendar: Where Founders Should Spend Their Time When Running Multiple Businesses

The most honest audit a founder can run is to print last quarter's calendar and ask: did this time match the strategy? In a diversified group, time is the scarcest capital — and how the CEO allocates it shapes which businesses compound and which quietly drift.

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May 1, 2026

The Case for Vertical Integration: When Owning the Whole Chain Becomes a Strategic Advantage

Vertical integration is one of the most misunderstood concepts in modern strategy — dismissed as old-fashioned by some, over-applied by others. Here is the framework for knowing when owning the chain creates durable advantage, and when it merely consumes capital.

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April 30, 2026

The Due Diligence Discipline: What Most Buyers Miss Before They Sign

Most acquisitions fail not because the price was wrong, but because the buyer did not understand what they were actually purchasing. Here is the due diligence framework that separates great acquirers from costly, decade-long mistakes.

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April 29, 2026

How to Select International Distributors: The Framework for Building Global Sales Networks That Last

Choosing the wrong distributor can cost you a decade of market progress. After distributing wine across 75+ countries, here is the framework for evaluating, selecting, and managing international distributors that actually deliver results.

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April 28, 2026

How to Lead Through a Business Crisis: The Survival Framework Every Entrepreneur Needs

Every entrepreneur eventually faces a moment when the story they have been telling themselves about their business stops being true. Here is the survival framework built from 130+ years of navigating crises.

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April 27, 2026

How to Professionalize a Family Business Without Losing Its Soul

Most family businesses fail between generations not because of bad strategy, but because they confuse the founder's methods with the founder's values. Here is the framework for professionalizing a family business while protecting what makes it worth building.

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April 25, 2026

Organic vs. Inorganic Growth: How to Decide Whether to Build, Buy, or Partner

Every company that survives its first decade confronts the same strategic decision: grow organically, acquire, or partner? Here is the framework for getting it right — and the mistakes that make it go wrong.

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April 20, 2026

The Negotiation Playbook for Entrepreneurs: How to Close Complex Deals Across Cultures and Borders

Negotiation is one of the most consequential skills an entrepreneur can develop. After decades of closing acquisitions, partnerships, and cross-border deals across Spain and the United States, here is the playbook that actually works.

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