Regular readers know that I like to make analogies between sports and business. As it's football season let's discuss how football fans can really get…
JohnMNovember 18, 2014
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During a meeting with a group of clients last week another client, Tom McKown, the owner of Industrial Automation, presented on his best practices. Tom…
JohnMNovember 11, 2014
There’s a commercial running on TV for Guinness’s new American Lager beer. I’m not here to critique the beer, or even the fact that Guinness…
JohnMNovember 6, 2014
In the March 2014 edition of Mergers & Acquisition magazine there was a quote that compared public companies and Private Equity Groups. It was, "Our experience is…
JohnMNovember 4, 2014
The NFL made a deal with Microsoft to provide all teams with Surface tablets for use during games. A nice PR event for Microsoft, even…
JohnMNovember 1, 2014
While at the lake we don't have broadband, Netflix, On Demand or our DVR. What we have is a handful of over-the-air TV stations and…
JohnMOctober 31, 2014
The big sports news in Seattle last week was that the Seahawks traded their $20 million (plus three draft choices) mistake, i.e. Percy Harvin. Interestingly,…
JohnMOctober 25, 2014
The big sports news in Seattle last week was that the Seahawks traded their $20 million (plus three draft choices) mistake, i.e. Percy Harvin. Interestingly,…
JohnMOctober 24, 2014
Non-baseball fans often say they don't like the game because something's not happening "all the time." Baseball fans love the multi-levels of strategy. There's a…
JohnMOctober 23, 2014
Many years ago a client told a prospective client that I was expensive but worth it. He also stated to me and others that it…
JohnMAugust 25, 2014
One of the most recent innovations in major league baseball is the greatly expanded us of shifting the defensive players. This is the result of…
JohnMAugust 15, 2014
To non-baseball fans the game is slow and boring because something’s not happening “all the time.” To many baseball fans it’s the multi-levels of strategy.…
JohnMAugust 4, 2014
Consider the following: Amazon.com uses a temp agency to hire warehouse people and put them through a probationary period. My friend Gary with three-dozen employees…
JohnMAugust 1, 2014
As I mentioned last week, Lucas Mack with 4th Avenue Media presented to a group of my clients and me recently. The first thing I wrote down…
JohnMJuly 3, 2014
The best sportswriter in the country, in my humble opinion, is Jason Gay with The Wall Street Journal. He writes about all sports, has a…
JohnMJune 28, 2014
Lisa Forrest was right; you’re seeing this story. A couple weeks ago we were both at our mutual client’s business, Elmore Electric, now owned by…
JohnMMay 28, 2014
Three times a year we visit my mother-in-law and it always triggers one particular "reminder" in my head. You see, she grew up during the…
JohnMMay 5, 2014
Saturday night we were watching Restaurant Impossible as we ate dinner. Regular readers of my newsletters know that I write a lot about how business…
JohnMApril 30, 2014
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