May 15, 2019
Are You a Doer or a Manager? One is Much Better
I was at an educational event and ended up talking to someone in a completely different industry than mine. When he heard what I do…
May 8, 2019
Networking and Friends
In her March 16, 2019 Wall Street Journal column, Kids, Don’t Become Success Robots, Peggy Noonan wrote about the recent college application scandal. Her emphasis…
May 1, 2019
Lipstick on a Pig; Homes and Businesses
“Buyer Beware: Hollywood Special Effects Now Permeate Property Listings” is a headline in the Wall Street Journal’s March 5, 2019 edition. The gist of the…
April 26, 2019
Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market
Record number of small business sales in 2018! This as per bizbuysell.com. More businesses sold after being advertised on bizbuysell.com than any other year, and…
April 24, 2019
Getting Comfortable With the Uncomfortable
“You have to get comfortable with the uncomfortable if you want to grow.” I heard this recently and it hit home. It reminded me of…
April 19, 2019
What’s in Your Bird Feeder (Your Marketing Plan)
Birds are attracted to bird feeders. Customers need to be attracted to us by what we do marketing wise. Take a listen. Get Started With…
April 17, 2019
What, You Only Have Six Customers?
For the foreseeable future once a month this memo will be on a topic to increase value in a business, which is exactly what business…
April 10, 2019
Are You Making a Difference?
“We can’t measure what you’ve done for us over the years. We are so far ahead of where we would be without your help.”This is…
April 3, 2019
Leadership – In Rotary Projects and Business
Some things are the same everywhere. I’m writing this on the flight home from Antigua, following our Rotary project. Last week we were at one…
March 27, 2019
Developing Versus Developed (Countries)
I’m writing this from the island of Antigua where we’re here on a Rotary service project, “Improving Education Through Technology.” We have 10 Bellevue school…
