July 18, 2025
Culture is a Moving Target
Business buyers want to know about a company’s culture and it’s not easy to figure out from the outside. And different companies have different culture…
July 11, 2025
Don’t Fall in Love
We had a short training session for the team. We covered dealing with clients, generating business, market conditions (the Business Journal recently had an article…
July 2, 2025
For-Profit and Not-For-Profit – A Common Problem
Over the years I’ve had the opportunity and pleasure to be on the boards of several not-for-profit organizations. Some are charitable organizations as per IRS…
June 16, 2025
Learn From Mistakes (Preferably Others’ Mistakes)
What Do These Have in Common? Business publications like The Wall Street Journalor your local Business Journal Trade magazines and industry journals Podcasts focused on business or…
June 13, 2025
We All Have Hits and Misses
With Warren Buffett announcing his retirement as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway there have been numerous articles on his fantastic run of success. One that caught…
June 6, 2025
Above All – It’s the Fit
I’m a regular reader of the Wall Street Journal and one thing in common with WSJ articles and lower middle market buy-sell is the “fit.”…
May 30, 2025
Thoughts on Tariffs and Small Business
As I write this on April 21, the stock market indexes are all down about 3%. My skepticism wonders if the market being driven down…
May 9, 2025
Know What Drives Your Growth
There was a WSJ headline recently about how P&G has surpassed Unilever, and it stated they did it by building on their strengths, i.e. their…
April 25, 2025
Tariffs and M&A
There’s a lot of overreaction without thought. Assuming the tariffs stay at proclaimed levels (and there’s no guarantee they stay, go away, up, or down)…