May 20, 2017
Let Your Employees Handle the Trophy
The front page of the Seattle Times sports section on March 20, 2017 had a picture of Seattle Sounders co-owner Drew Carey carrying the MLS…
May 4, 2017
What If? A Most Important Question
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May 3, 2017
Dependencies Will Kill Your Valuation
As I write this, and as you read this, I’m in Antigua, West Indies on a Rotary service project, “Improving Education Through Technology.” This means…
April 24, 2017
Ethics and Good Business
A client called me last week to discuss the following and keep in mind my recent post about how some firms don’t pay enough (good) attention…
April 14, 2017
Jobs, Skills, and Worker Shortages
As I looked through my folder of articles I’ve saved as topics for my newsletters and posts the number one topic, by a landslide, was…
April 13, 2017
Top Tips for Business Sellers
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April 10, 2017
Slow, Fast, or Manageable Growth?
In mid-2016 the Wall Street Journal published an article titled, "Demand Swells for Chickens That Grow More Slowly." The gist of the article is companies…
April 6, 2017
Technology and Its Limits
My four-year-old iMac was being very sluggish so I took it in to Apple’s Genius Bar (a great concept, bring in any Apple device and…
March 30, 2017
Win-Win Deals: What it Really Means
In many industries, especially in the buy-sell world, the term “win-win deal’ is often thrown around. That said, most people want an, “I win more…