September 4, 2013
Don’t Bumble Like the French
Over one month in the summer of 1940 the German military forced the French to surrender. Most people would assume that the German’s had a…
August 28, 2013
Don’t Just Watch Football, Learn From It
While on vacation earlier this month, a good friend of ours got us field passes to watch the Green Bay Packers practice. It was a…
August 8, 2013
Business Sellers – Learn From Home Sellers
Our son recently sold his house and while discussing and coaching him through the process a couple things hit me. Business sellers could learn a…
July 24, 2013
Sales 101 – Stay in Touch
I received a call from a salesperson at a company from whom I had requested information. We went over a few things, she answered some…
July 18, 2013
Young Entrepreneurship is Alive and Well
During our February Rotary project in Antigua one of the students, Andrew Nguyen, constantly had a portable speaker box with him. It turns out that…
July 10, 2013
Do You Really Want My Business?
We had a problem with a DVD that’s part of an exercise program we use. While the company replaced it, I decided we didn’t want…
July 9, 2013
Grow Your Business – Increase Its Value
On June 28, 2013 the Puget Sound Business Journal published my column titled, "To make a company valuable, you need to help it grow." “So…
June 29, 2013
Let’s Not Worry About Your Customers’ Experience
A recent experience as a customer triggered my memory to last summer when my wife had a little biking accident and we ended up in…
June 27, 2013
Universities (Forced to) Join the Real World
The June 19, 2013 Wall Street Journal titled, “Unpaid Internship? Some College Pick Up the Tab.” Here’s a quote from the article. “Colleges’ job-placement rates…