April 15, 2020
A Great Team Equals Success
We’re in Antigua, West Indies, on our Rotary project, working in the schools. Over the course of the trip I’ve had 12 meetings (in seven…
February 13, 2020
When Selling – Take Action
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…
February 11, 2020
Not All Business Buyers are Created Equal – Part One
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…
February 6, 2020
What is the Bane of Your Business?
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,…
October 31, 2019
The Business Roundtable Creates a Snit Attack
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…
October 23, 2019
Financial Shenanigans Versus Incompetence
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…
October 9, 2019
Stereotypes Can Be Deadly
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…
July 3, 2019
A Variety of Vendors is a Must
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…
June 12, 2019
Don’t Drive (Your Business) Over the Curb
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…