JohnM, Author at Martinka Consulting

Business Buying Exiting & Selling

August 22, 2019

It’s Refreshing – The Enthusiasm New Buyers & Sellers Have

One of the most gratifying feelings we get from our clients is seeing and hearing their excitement and enthusiasm after a buy-sell deal closes. It's…

JohnM

Love97

Business Buying

August 21, 2019

When the Fever Hits

The fever can hit anybody over just about anything. It’s called “Buyer Fever” when we want something so much we throw logic out the window.…

JohnM

Love97

Business Buying

August 16, 2019

What Is the American Dream? Part One

During the 2018-19 holidays ProPublica published an article titled, “If You’re Over 50, Chances Are the Decision to Leave a Job Won’t be Yours.”*Let’s start…

JohnM

Love97

Increasing Value Other

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…

JohnM

Love97

Business Buying

August 13, 2019

Preparing a Business Buyer to Buy

There's an emphasis on exit planning for owners (including my book, If They Can Sell Pet Rocks Why Can't You Sell Your Business (For What You…

JohnM

Love97

Other

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…

JohnM

Love97

Business Buying Exiting & Selling

August 7, 2019

For the Right Price…

“You can’t afford to buy the business” dad said to his kids, who were running the business as he enjoyed retirement. Not to insult dad,…

JohnM

Love97

Business Buying Exiting & Selling

July 31, 2019

What’s Worse Than an Owner Dependency?

The company does $15-20 million in annual sales and the owner has taken a fancy to being “one of the guys.” He thinks it’s fun.…

JohnM

Love97

Business Buying Exiting & Selling Increasing Value

July 27, 2019

Do You Listen?

The workers at Vale, the Brazilian iron-ore giant, predicted the dam holding mining waste would fail. It did. Boeing workers complained there were shortcuts taken…

JohnM

Love97

Business Buying Exiting & Selling

July 24, 2019

The Pitfalls of Absentee Ownership

Absentee ownership is a dream of many would be business owners. Imaginations run wild when thinking of having a business where all you have to…

JohnM

Love97

JohnM

It’s Refreshing – The Enthusiasm New Buyers & Sellers Have

When the Fever Hits

What Is the American Dream? Part One

The Goal of Independence and Unexpected Consequences

Preparing a Business Buyer to Buy

Are You Funny?

For the Right Price…

What’s Worse Than an Owner Dependency?

Do You Listen?

The Pitfalls of Absentee Ownership

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