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CXO Collective – Taking Businesses To The Next Level
Host of the Business Spotlight TV show, Patrick Dougher, speaks with the founders of CXO Collective, Corbin Cowan and Jason Myers, who Dougher says have brought together the best and brightest minds, and the most affluent, to create a network of visionaries ready, willing and able to help owners take their companies to the next level.
Cowan and Myers met at an event and found they shared similar visions. After planning to do some deals together, they realized the scope of their ideas was so extensive it could only realistically be best accomplished by brainstorming with other talented and experienced people interested in helping others take their businesses to the next level.
Prior to co-founding CXO Collective, Jason was a corporate trouble-shooter for Fortune 500 companies in the wireless industry. His talent was the “fixer,” repairing things that were broken in sales, operations, and technical areas. Both he and Corbin have a history of consulting and helping other business to succeed. Their similar backgrounds provided the credentials to launch their collaboration.
Currently CXO Collective is in 10 cities, including Dallas, and will soon open another in Houston. They have plans to take their business international. Through CXO Collective, they purchase companies all over the country, then allow the members of the collective to participate in the growth of these companies – both strategically and with relationship capital that will allow the companies to advance to the next level.
”One of the exercises that we do with companies is that we take them through a strategy session. We put several consultants in the room and we brainstorm. Out of that process, we realized the power of collaboration and how you can create great ideas and help companies go to the next level by collaborating,” says Cowan.
“Everybody’s got ideas. It comes down to who executes these ideas,” says Myers. “By bringing together the best and the brightest, like Corbin’s talking about, and coupling that with the capital to be able to actually take companies to the next level – is really the magic.”
The pair refers to their ability to attract capital and investors as their “CXO Collective Triad.” “We bring together the capital, the expertise, and the opportunities,” says Myers. “It a unique ecosystem that allows us to bring those people into a room and let the magic happen.”
The pair sees their company expanding at a feverish pace, adding new companies, employees, and providing participants with greater opportunities to build their network and self-worth.
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Cleve Clinton Enjoys Working With Mavericks
Dallas/Fort Worth area attorney, Cleve Clinton, of Gray Reed & McGraw, PC sat down with The Business Spotlight TV host Patrick Dougher to tell how he enjoys working with successful entrepreneurs – or as he says, a business “maverick.”
Business mavericks are people who have succeeded in building their business from the ground up – from “chief cook and bottle washer,” to a very successful operation – one with accountants, several managers and employees. According to Clinton, these mavericks are the ones who get into the most trouble because they “work harder, faster and more dangerously in business.”
“My Ideal client is an entrepreneur who has built their business into something larger than themselves.” – Cleve Clinton As he/she grows and learns how to delegate work they become more open to litigation, and that’s where an attorney like Clinton comes in.
Clinton cited one client in the electronics manufacturing business as an example. The company is considered a small business, and although successful, is dependent on a positive cash flow, and line of credit, in order to move onward and upward.
Often in this maverick’s business they find it not uncommon for their customers to come in and promise a large order, in exchange for a reduced rate. Either intentionally or unintentionally, some of these customers fail to follow through on their order as promised – either taking a smaller amount, or canceling the order altogether. When this happens, Clinton’s client is left holding inventory that he can’t dispose of, and can’t return. This puts a strain on their cash flow, and on their line of credit – which in turn prevents them from purchasing for other clients.
Clinton persuaded his client to enter into a “Manufacturing Services Agreement” between the client and their customer. This agreement included a purchase order and invoice, and was a way to avoid litigation if at all possible.
Clinton’s approach is to fix the problem before it leaves the door. By setting up a binding agreement both sides are covered, and protected, should anything go wrong. He says his goal is to sell them a little piece of mind when things are falling down around them. Once you identify the goal in mind, you can work toward reaching those goals.
If you are a business maverick, or hope to be one, and would like to get in touch with Cleve Clinton, you can email him at cclinton@lrmlaw.com; visit the company website – http://lrmlaw.com, where you can access all the attorneys on staff; or visit the website http://www.tiltingthescales.com – one Clinton describes as providing “business insight with a little humor.”
To view the entire interview of Cleve Clinton, log on to Cleve Clinton Likes To Work With Mavericks from Patrick Dougher on Vimeo.
