July 8, 2012
Social Media and its Varying Uses
The Facebook IPO has social media in the headlines. The big item to consider is: How does social media help our businesses and us? For…
July 4, 2012
Business and Giving Back
The weekend of April 21 we attended our Rotary district's annual conference. The keynote speaker was State Senator Rick Brinkley from Oklahoma. He was one…
June 30, 2012
Management Advice from Reality TV
The other night we were watching "Bar Rescue" starring Jon Taffer. Mr. Taffer was working with a bar/restaurant in Chicago that was struggling to catch…
June 28, 2012
Berkshire Hathaway and their Acquisition Criteria
Dan Lemmer sent me Berkshire Hathaway's (Warren Buffett's company) acquisition criteria from their annual report. While buyers of small to mid-sized businesses don't have the…
June 26, 2012
A Lost Deal may be for the Best
My son and his wife just had an offer accepted on a house, pending the inspection. Last fall they had an offer accepted on a…
June 24, 2012
What Would you do?
The news has been filled with interesting ethical issues. The Trayvon Martin case, Pink Slime and the New Orleans Saints bounty program all make for…
June 15, 2012
Managing the Fast Track
Recently The Wall Street Journal had an article on single people getting off the fast track. Their main example was a lawyer whom left a…
