January 17, 2020
Vaping and other Naïve Actions
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…
December 21, 2019
No Floundering Here; Only Great Insights
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…
December 5, 2019
Do Your Customers Know You?
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…
November 23, 2019
Knowing Your Market
“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…
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…
August 14, 2019
The Goal of Independence and Unexpected Consequences
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…
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 5, 2019
If Only It Were So Easy
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…