April 25, 2025
Tariffs and M&A
There’s a lot of overreaction without thought. Assuming the tariffs stay at proclaimed levels (and there’s no guarantee they stay, go away, up, or down)…
April 25, 2025
Economy Worries Anybody?
The first week of March was when we got our first prospect saying that given all the tariffs, flip-flopping, and uncertainty he was going to…
April 18, 2025
Plan for Your Buyer Not Yourself
A business owner wrote me about pages 84-85 in our new book, Exit With Style, Grace, and More Money, saying he loved the message about…
April 14, 2025
Where There’s Uncertainty There’s Opportunity
It’s spring 2025 and does anybody really know what’s going on? Consider the following business turmoil’s if you will: Tariffs – threats, on, off, on,…
April 11, 2025
The Need for Adult Supervision Never Ends
Preface – while in Antigua on our service project a local Rotarian recommended some restaurants to us (her firm grows hydroponic greens, so she knows…
April 4, 2025
There are Lessons Everywhere
One can always learn from experiences and our annual trip to work in the schools in Antigua is a great example. Here are three things…
March 29, 2025
Make the World a Better Place
As you get this memo I (John) am in Antigua for our annual Rotary service project working in the schools. We shipped 1,500 laptops computers…
March 15, 2025
Boring Businesses: The New Frontier
This post is from Jessica As The Wall Street Journal reported on January 27, 2025, forget flashy tech gadgets and futuristic innovations—venture capitalists are now…
March 6, 2025
Are Your Earnings Quality?
What’s become popular in the buy-sell/M&A world is a Quality of Earnings (QofE) report. It’s a deep dive into the financial statements to see if…
February 27, 2025
Non-Disclosure Means…
It means you keep your mouth shut, which is what someone didn’t do. Luckily they blurted it out to somebody who knows to keep quiet.…