September 2, 2020
Be Like Oliver; Do a Little Extra
My wife and I were having dinner last week on the new deck at the Wallingford Tutta Bella along with Joe Fugere, the owner (not…
August 12, 2020
Time for Thinking
s you may know from my email signature, website, the bottom of this newsletter, and elsewhere I have trademarked the term, “The Escape Artist®” for…
June 24, 2020
What’s Going On*
Over the last couple months I’ve been on a lot of webinars, Zoom meetings, and other online events, as I’m sure many of you have.…
April 29, 2020
One Bad Apple
In college basketball there are players known as being, “one-and-done,” as in playing one year for the college team and then going off to the…
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,…