March 18, 2020
The Robots Are Taking Over
The title of this memo is a line one of my son’s likes to say regarding technology in cars, homes, and everywhere else. We see…
March 18, 2020
Taking Action as Best We Can
Last week I had six meetings, one presentation, and four group (associations, etc.) meetings cancel. This week I have one meeting (so far) and we’re…
March 16, 2020
Life Goes On
As business (and life) have visibly come to a standstill there’s still activity. In the last few days I’ve talked to or emailed with four…
March 12, 2020
Staying Safe Is the Motto of the Day, Week, Month
I’d be remiss to not write this memo about the Coronavirus and yet I’m not going to go into whether it’s just the flu (like…
March 5, 2020
Details, Details, Details, and Ambiguity
The attorney looked at the audience and said, “Make sure you understand everything in your agreements. If there are any ambiguities, they will come back…
February 27, 2020
Even Adults Need Adult Supervision
Running a small business is easy. Having a small business as an absentee owner is a piece of cake. The employees can operate the business…
February 20, 2020
Show Urgency or Lose the Game
It’s 2020. Another year, another decade. Doesn’t seem that long-ago people were worried about the world collapsing on 1-1-2000 because of computer clocks, does it?…
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,…
