I won’t be disingenuous by marketing services when most of us are in survival mode so I will make all readers of this newsletter an…
JohnMMarch 30, 2020
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It’s 2020. Another year, another decade. Doesn’t seem that long-ago people were worried about the world collapsing on 1-1-2000 because of computer clocks, does it?…
JohnMFebruary 20, 2020
We recently spent a long weekend cleaning out our family cabin, which recently sold. As we thought about all we did over the years, we…
JohnMFebruary 13, 2020
This was written for and originally published by https://soundmarkwealth.com/, a Kirkland, WA wealth management firm. Somewhere over the rainbow… is the successful sale and exit…
JohnMFebruary 11, 2020
Goals are an ongoing task, not just for a calendar year. Many years ago I was a regular at a pretty cool restaurant in Minneapolis,…
JohnMFebruary 6, 2020
Gazing out the window of a high-rise I saw workers on scaffolding on a building across the street. My first reaction was, “That looks like…
JohnMJanuary 30, 2020
The Wall Street Journal had an article titled, “New Ways to Battle Procrastination.” So, I tore it out to read later. Seriously, I did tear…
JohnMJanuary 25, 2020
It’s common knowledge cable and satellite TV companies have been losing customers to cord cutting, i.e., people using only online streaming services for their in-house…
JohnMJanuary 23, 2020
There was a recent news story about a Seattle area law enforcement officer suing for about $11 million because of a health condition caused by…
JohnMJanuary 17, 2020
On October 23 we had our 12th annual Getting the Deal Done Breakfast Conference at the Bellevue Club. As always, our sponsors and expert panelists (beside…
JohnMDecember 21, 2019
We’ve been working on an ongoing project with Pacific Software Publishing to locate acquisition targets of companies doing website hosting. Many moons ago I came…
JohnMDecember 5, 2019
“Millennials are less loyal, so service agreements are on the decline. Will need to create "clubs" for them to join, with a monthly fee to…
JohnMNovember 23, 2019
The Wall Street Journal (and I’m sure others) sure had a snit attack last week after the Business Roundtable came out with their latest report…
JohnMOctober 31, 2019
The Wall Street Journal and others recently reported about an accounting expert who had predicted the Madoff Ponzi scheme and recently went after GE for what he…
JohnMOctober 23, 2019
We were having a cup of coffee and some breakfast at a great little coffee shop-bakery-café in Bozeman, MT before going on a hike. Next…
JohnMOctober 9, 2019
July 4 is a holiday just about everybody celebrates. Political and other differences tend to get overlooked when enjoying friends, family, and fireworks. Our nation’s…
JohnMAugust 14, 2019
Recently I wrote about customer concentration issues and about obstacles to growth. This memo is about something often forgotten and a perfect example of it…
JohnMJuly 3, 2019
Owners travel a road every day and their road has curbs. The wider the road the better. Last month I wrote about customer concentration, a…
JohnMJune 12, 2019
My wife has been a hummingbird fanatic for years. We have two feeders off our deck, one at the cabin, she’s diligent about keeping them…
JohnMJune 5, 2019
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