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JohnMOctober 23, 2021
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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
The first and most common set of questions having to do with the owner’s readiness to sell his or her business tend to be about…
JohnMFebruary 19, 2021
Let’s start 2021 on a happy note. On January 2 in the Wall Street Journal there was a column by Susan Pinker titled, “Dogs Really Do Make…
JohnMFebruary 10, 2021
Here’s an exchange I recently had with a supposedly seasoned businessperson, growth consultant, and business broker: Me: “There are a couple issues with this business, one in…
JohnMFebruary 3, 2021
The recent meeting of Seattle U Family Business Exchange (companies with multiple generations in the business) two of the presenters showed there are multiple ways…
JohnMJanuary 27, 2021
I was watching some football over the weekend and some post-game interviews. One question to a quarterback was about why a certain player has made…
JohnMJanuary 20, 2021
I recently got a newsletter from my friend Lisa Nirell with Energize Growth. She works primarily with middle market CMOs. The newsletter shared the following:…
JohnMJanuary 13, 2021
I’m writing this on November 16. The headlines and stories over the last two days are filled with President Trump tweeting, “I concede NOTHING,” how…
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