We are constantly bombarded with news and information about 5G. How fast it is, what it can allow us to do, how it may interfere…
JohnMMarch 2, 2022
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While evaluating a company, there were some questions about how some financial transactions are handled on the books. Multiple theories of what could be going…
JohnMFebruary 16, 2022
“The pandemic has unleashed a historic burst in entrepreneurship and self-employment. Hundreds of thousands of Americans are striking out on their own as consultants, retailers,…
JohnMFebruary 11, 2022
In a recent newsletter from Alan Weiss, he had a quote from Wharton professor and author Adam Grant I found interesting. Bragging about yourself violates…
JohnMDecember 29, 2021
This is the counter article to what I wrote in July, about business buyers and my Rotary projects given we recently I had a Rotary…
JohnMNovember 26, 2021
Many years ago, a client told me, “The best time to get out of your business (sell it) is one year before you’re burned out.”…
JohnMNovember 10, 2021
Headline: Some Bartell customers say goodbye after changes by Rite Aid (Seattle Times, August 11, 2021). Background: Rite Aid bought 131-year-old Seattle institution Bartell Drugs…
JohnMOctober 23, 2021
We all run into a lot of different people in our day-to-day business. After a while we get triggers as to how things might go.…
JohnMSeptember 22, 2021
I was a cafeteria monitor for at least my senior year in high school (maybe my junior year also). It wasn’t a bad job. We…
JohnMSeptember 15, 2021
We recently took a long-weekend trip to Denver to see a client and relax for a few days. I noticed something I often notice in…
JohnMSeptember 8, 2021
There’s an old story, about how if you put a frog in boiling water, it will hop out but if you put it in cool…
JohnMAugust 25, 2021
New York City finally announced the results of the Mayoral primary. As per a variety of sources I deduced because of ranked choice voting this…
JohnMAugust 18, 2021
The Trump Organization allegedly avoided paying taxes on almost $2 million of compensation to an employee. The allegations and prosecution shouldn’t surprise anybody because: There’s…
JohnMAugust 11, 2021
I looked at the title of a recent article by Joanna Stern in the Wall Street Journal and felt it was either aimed directly at…
JohnMJuly 14, 2021
I was on a conference call with a client whose business was hit by a triple whammy; Covid and two things that must remain confidential…
JohnMJuly 12, 2021
Exit planning gets a lot of buzz but what is it really? Here’s an example of what could of, should have been done with proper…
JohnMJuly 6, 2021
At the end of 2020 The Wall Street Journal had a feature article, co-authored by their four technology and related columnists, titled, “The Tech That…
JohnMMarch 10, 2021
Covid has been wicked to a lot of people. It’s been a business boom for some. It’s changed everybody’s life in some way. And we’ve…
JohnMMarch 3, 2021
Don’t you wish you could have a PR machine like Russell Wilson? For the last couple of weeks he’s been a regular story in the…
JohnMMarch 3, 2021
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