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 28, 2019
Did the Houston Astros do the right thing, the wrong thing, or both?
A female reporter with Sports Illustrated reported about how the Astros assistant general manager directed loud and profane comments towards female reporters in praise of…
October 26, 2019
Trade, Markets, Tariffs, and Socialism (and Confusion)
Could you run your business the same way matters are pointed out in the articles mentioned below? Three interesting headlines from over the past few…
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…
August 10, 2019
Are You Funny?
I attended an event recently and witnessed one of the speakers do the following: Start out with a joke that fell absolutely flat. Then he…