Other January 8, 2013 Entrepreneurship Comes in All Shapes and Sizes We were spending New Year’s week in Scottsdale, Arizona and one day while walking around we stopped for lunch at a Blimpies. Two things became… JohnM Love97
Other December 17, 2012 1984 in 2012 and Everybody Knows Everything About Everybody Else We're all familiar with the premise of the book, "1984." Think not in terms of "big brother" but in terms of everybody knowing what we… JohnM Love97
Increasing ValueOther December 9, 2012 Business Lessons from Golf Matt Thurmond, University of Washington golf coach, spoke to a group of my business owner clients on building the brand of UW golf. The UW… JohnM Love97
Increasing ValueOther December 3, 2012 See Life in Slow Motion It's football season and as part of that we're into replays, challenges and a lot of slow motion. I've always found it interesting that when… JohnM Love97
Increasing ValueOther December 2, 2012 Referrals Are Your Lifeblood My business owner group met recently and one of the topics we discussed was referrals. I thought you'd be interested in the highlights of that… JohnM Love97
Increasing ValueOther November 29, 2012 Three Ways Not to Run a Business Here are three strategies, taken from the headlines, that you should avoid at all costs if you want to continue to be successful. Treat your… JohnM Love97
Exiting & SellingIncreasing Value November 28, 2012 Is Your Business a Sandcastle? Sandcastles are washed away by a big wave or even the rising tide. You want your business to be a solid structure like the brick… JohnM Love97
Exiting & SellingIncreasing Value November 26, 2012 Speed not Complication Recently this memo described the complexity of a cranberry marsh and urged you to not make your business more complicated than it needs to be.… JohnM Love97
Exiting & SellingIncreasing 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… JohnM Love97
Increasing ValueOther 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… JohnM Love97