In wrote this while on the island of Antigua in the country of Antigua and Barbuda for our annual Rotary service project. We're working in…
JohnMApril 27, 2012
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I recently participated in a focus group for a company with which I have a business referral relationship. They received tremendous value from the session…
JohnMApril 26, 2012
While watching the TV show, "Bar Rescue" the other day the host told the owners of a bar/restaurant (who wanted to increase their business from…
JohnMApril 25, 2012
"Keeping Boomers Fit for Work" was the headline of the lead article in theWall Street Journal's Marketplace section on December 28, 2011. The focus company was…
JohnMApril 20, 2012
The January 2012 issue of The Rotarian magazine (sent to Rotary Club members) has an article titled, "Open for business." The focus of the article is about…
JohnMApril 19, 2012
A lot of books on careers and entrepreneurship talk about having a passion for what you do. My advice is to not stress over it…
JohnMApril 17, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012-I bring in the Seattle Times and The Wall Street Journal and see that both have headlines about the dropping unemployment rate. Seattle Times-"Job front improves,…
JohnMApril 15, 2012
During December I started conducting a survey of business owners (if you're an owner, please take the survey by clicking the link below; it is…
JohnMApril 13, 2012
In the March 14, 2012 Wall Street Journal Jason Gay wrote a very entertaining article titled, "The 23 Rules of March Madness." Not to be…
JohnMApril 4, 2012
I get an email newsletter from the Green Bay Packers. It comes at least once a week and is supplemented by regular announcements from the…
JohnMApril 2, 2012
Someone recently sent me Berkshire Hathaway’s (Warren Buffet’s company) acquisition criteria from their annual report. While buyers of small to mid-sized businesses don’t have the…
JohnMApril 1, 2012
I recently returned from Antigua on our annual Rotary service project. While there we were incredibly busy on weekdays, almost as busy on weekends and…
JohnMMarch 9, 2012
I just returned from our annual Rotary service project in Antigua and Barbuda. It was our most ambitious, busiest and most successful project to date.…
JohnMMarch 1, 2012
The February 8, 2012 Wall Street Journal had an article titled, “Little Room for New Workers.” The gist of the article was that there isn’t…
JohnMFebruary 17, 2012
This is a Podcast in my series titled, Two Minutes or Less. In two minutes or less I cover specific issues and topics on exit…
JohnMFebruary 3, 2012
This is a Podcast in my series titled, Two Minutes or Less. In two minutes or less I cover specific issues and topics on exit…
JohnMJanuary 25, 2012
Today the Seattle Times announced that Microsoft is revamping their marketing to better respond to rivals. Advertising and marketing have always moved faster than business…
JohnMJanuary 12, 2012
In a response to my recent memo on acquisition lending, my friend Gregory Kovsky with IBA in Bellevue, WA, wrote me the following. ...the lending…
JohnMJanuary 8, 2012
"In any two days, human beings create as much information online as it took our species to create in the 30,000 years between the dawn…
JohnMJanuary 1, 2012
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