JohnM, Author at Nokomis Advisory Services

Exiting & Selling Increasing Value

November 24, 2012

Act as if you could Sell your Business Today; you Could meet your Best Buyer Tomorrow

90% of businesses are not ready to sell for maximum price (Wall Street Journal and other sources). Even if they are off by 100% that…

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November 22, 2012

Don’t Overcomplicate Things

I recently took a tour of the Lake Nokomis Cranberry Marsh (it's on the same lake as our family cabin). The operations manager told me…

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Exiting & Selling

November 20, 2012

They can Sell Pet Rocks so why Can’t you Sell your Business for What you Want?

"The Economy Stole My Retirement," Wall Street Journal August 30, 2012, stated that many small business owners want to retire but can't sell their business…

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November 19, 2012

Run Like a Jamaica

The 2012 London Olympics saw the tiny country of Jamaica (population of 2.7 million) dominate the sprint events. They took 10 of 14 possible medals,…

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November 2, 2012

Bad Customer Service

My kids gave me an atomic clock from LaCrosse Technologies for my birthday last year. It started “eating” batteries, going through a battery every two…

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October 31, 2012

There’s Never a Shortage of Ideas, Even Bad Ones

I opened an official looking letter the other day from “Corporate Records Service” that referenced my corporation’s annual minutes on the envelope. I was immediately…

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October 30, 2012

The Waiting Game: Business, the Election and the Economy

I finally got around to reading a Puget Sound Business Journal column from a couple weeks ago that was titled: Small business in ‘maintenance mode’…

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October 25, 2012

The Election and Small Business

The October 25, 2012 Wall Street Journal’s Small Business column was on how the presidential candidates are not addressing the issues that most concern business…

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October 14, 2012