July 18, 2025
Culture is a Moving Target
Business buyers want to know about a company’s culture and it’s not easy to figure out from the outside. And different companies have different culture…
July 14, 2025
Improving Education Through Technology Hits Adulthood
July starts the new fiscal year for Rotary and in 2025 it means our project, Improving Education Through Technology, is 21 and of legal age.…
July 11, 2025
Don’t Fall in Love
We had a short training session for the team. We covered dealing with clients, generating business, market conditions (the Business Journal recently had an article…
July 2, 2025
For-Profit and Not-For-Profit – A Common Problem
Over the years I’ve had the opportunity and pleasure to be on the boards of several not-for-profit organizations. Some are charitable organizations as per IRS…
June 27, 2025
Know Your Numbers
The main frontpage headline of the May 18 Seattle Times was about how the Seattle Public Schools bought land 40 years ago anticipating the need…
June 20, 2025
Gardens Grow; So Should Businesses
One key factor to increasing a business’ value is growth. Show you can grow and keep growing. Don’t coast, because you can only coast downhill.…
June 16, 2025
Learn From Mistakes (Preferably Others’ Mistakes)
What Do These Have in Common? Business publications like The Wall Street Journalor your local Business Journal Trade magazines and industry journals Podcasts focused on business or…
June 13, 2025
We All Have Hits and Misses
With Warren Buffett announcing his retirement as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway there have been numerous articles on his fantastic run of success. One that caught…
June 6, 2025
Above All – It’s the Fit
I’m a regular reader of the Wall Street Journal and one thing in common with WSJ articles and lower middle market buy-sell is the “fit.”…