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  • SBA’s Proposed 2026 Size Standard Changes: What Federal Contractors Should Be Considering Now
    September 1, 2026

    by:

    Pat McCormick

    On August 20, 2026, the U.S. Small Business Administration proposed one of the more consequential changes to small-business size standards in years. If substantially adopted,…

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    8(a), Acquisitions, ANC and tribal owned businesses, Company sales, Creating and Optimizing Value, HUBZone, Optimizing value, Private Equity, SBA proposed size rule changes, SDVOSBs, Strategy, WOSB/EDWOSB

  • Yes I am 68. And no, I am not winding down!
    April 14, 2026

    by:

    Pat McCormick

    A note on what’s next and why now. I’ll be honest with you. When I told a few people I was putting serious energy back…

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    Background & Biographies, Perspectives and Perrenials
    Creating and Optimizing Value, Perspectives and Perrenials

  • This might be part of the [apparently] secret formula necessary to help you Improve the Business of your Business
    September 1, 2025

    by:

    Pat McCormick

    Active observation over the past several years suggest that curiosity seems to have dampened. Perhaps it is the fear of “doing deep dives” in situations…

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    Perspectives and Perrenials
    Performance Improvement

  • Back at it — and energized for what’s next.
    July 30, 2025

    by:

    Pat McCormick

    In July 2024, I stepped in to help lead a turnaround effort at Urban Engineers, Inc. After a focused and productive year, that chapter is…

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    Perspectives and Perrenials

  • To be more effective, Financial Management has to become more offensive
    April 25, 2025

    by:

    Pat McCormick

    Despite being decades old, the debate about the role capability and performance of financial management  continues whenever financial leaders gather.  Our view is that no matter…

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    Operating Fundamentals
    EFM- Enhanced Financial Management

  • Systems Thinking- When the going gets tough, go back to the basics
    March 18, 2025

    by:

    Pat McCormick

    As many know, there is an abundance of e-commerce data ranging from web site visits through sales and abandoned carts etc.  The data is arrayed…

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    Perspectives and Perrenials

  • Helping create value in underperforming and underachieving Private Equity Investments
    February 17, 2024

    by:

    Pat McCormick

    The Best way to make money is to start by not losing it.  PMCC Ventures has worked with scores of private equity backed companies to…

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    Value Creation
    Private Equity support

  • Great Business leaders revel in the challenge of creating and sustaining value in uncertain times.
    October 19, 2023

    by:

    Pat McCormick

    Welcome to the beginnings of a discussion for Business Leaders steering their ships through the economic tempest of our current times. Picture this: you’re navigating…

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    Operating Fundamentals

  • Do you believe you have room to create more value in your portfolio?
    October 10, 2023

    by:

    Pat McCormick

    Do you believe you have room to create more value in your portfolio? You know this- there is a lot going on inside of your…

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    Value Creation
    Private Equity support

  • Embracing Great/Strategic Finance in Middle Market Companies: The Need, the Challenge, and the Payoff
    October 3, 2023

    by:

    Pat McCormick

    The concept of strategic finance has been in the discourse for over 25 years, yet the phrase “Becoming more strategic” remains pertinent, especially for middle…

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    Perspectives and Perrenials
    EFM- Enhanced Financial Management
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