Recently three of my clients have said to me that while it may be outside the scope of what I do they needed some counseling…
JohnMDecember 24, 2010
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If the previous five weren't enough, here are five more. 1. You have no profit after a fair market salary for the job you do…
JohnMNovember 17, 2010
The following was published recently in the Inc. magazine online newsletter. The information on the author, who quoted me, is at the end. Some people…
JohnMNovember 2, 2010
Seven reasons why waiting for the recovery will not be your company’s savior A brief, unscientific, study over the last two months (of people in…
JohnMOctober 26, 2010
My press release on these reasons and reasons 11-15 was picked up by a number of sources including business.com. You can see it at: http://blogs.business.com/whatworks/2010/10-ways-boost-business/.…
JohnMSeptember 16, 2010
It’s the start of football season and of course there surprises. On September 11 there were at least three prominent big conference teams beaten by…
JohnMSeptember 13, 2010
Businesses need balance I’ll break this into three areas. The first one is customers and vendors. Both need to have a good mix and lack…
JohnMSeptember 8, 2010
According to Harris Interactive, one-third of American workers say they will search for a new job once the economy gets better. Almost half of those…
JohnMAugust 11, 2010
Behind the curve on technology-while some people will think this is an advantage to a buyer to do things more efficiently in reality there is…
JohnMAugust 6, 2010
Dependency on owner-too many businesses suffer from the all-controlling owner who not only knows how to do everything but also insists on being part of…
JohnMJuly 20, 2010
Too many owners think an exit strategy is putting an ad on the Internet. We know that no more than 10% of (supposed) business buyers…
JohnMJuly 12, 2010
I recently sent the following to a reporter interested in how small businesses can save big money. My response a bit counterintuitive but it is…
JohnMJune 21, 2010
Buy before you sell - a small, profitable business is good. A mid-sized, profitable business is better. A larger company attracts more buyers who have…
JohnMJune 14, 2010
Last weekend we took Victoria, our 2-year-old granddaughter, for pizza at Via Tribunali in Seattle (Fremont location). Not your typical place to take a little…
JohnMMay 25, 2010
As incoming president-elect of my Rotary Club I’m realizing, again, how much a 120-person club is like a business. We have to watch costs, generate…
JohnMMay 17, 2010
In an excellent column in the April 6, 2010 NY Times, "Relax, We’ll Be Fine" by David Brooks, Mr. Brooks writes about how, “America’s future…
JohnMMay 7, 2010
In the 2010 decade there is a huge generational shift starting to take place. In 2008 the first “Baby Boomer” (born 1946-1964) started collecting Social…
JohnMMay 5, 2010
I have recently been involved with three situations where the owner of a company assumed that the logical buyer for the firm was a key…
JohnMMay 3, 2010
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