May 4, 2017
What If? A Most Important Question
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May 3, 2017
Dependencies Will Kill Your Valuation
As I write this, and as you read this, I’m in Antigua, West Indies on a Rotary service project, “Improving Education Through Technology.” This means…
April 24, 2017
Ethics and Good Business
A client called me last week to discuss the following and keep in mind my recent post about how some firms don’t pay enough (good) attention…
April 10, 2017
Slow, Fast, or Manageable Growth?
In mid-2016 the Wall Street Journal published an article titled, "Demand Swells for Chickens That Grow More Slowly." The gist of the article is companies…
April 6, 2017
Technology and Its Limits
My four-year-old iMac was being very sluggish so I took it in to Apple’s Genius Bar (a great concept, bring in any Apple device and…
March 30, 2017
Win-Win Deals: What it Really Means
In many industries, especially in the buy-sell world, the term “win-win deal’ is often thrown around. That said, most people want an, “I win more…
March 28, 2017
Regulations and Micromanagement
Tom Douglas is perhaps Seattle’s most famous chef/restaurateur with 900 employees and 19 establishments, all within a 10-block radius of his original restaurant, the Dahlia…
February 27, 2017
Why Malls Ban Teenagers and Your Business
I heard an interesting tidbit on the radio recently. The story was how many shopping malls are banning teenagers who are at the mall without…
February 17, 2017
Making a Sale in 2017
I was looking through a folder of articles I’ve cut from papers and magazines (and printed from online sites) and noticed some on selling. Not…