December 14, 2011
Podcast – Benefits to Buying a Business – Volume One
This is a Podcast in my series titled, Two Minutes or Less. In two minutes or less I cover specific issues and topics on exit…
December 13, 2011
Podcast – Tips to Sell Your Business for More than you Thought you Could
This is a Podcast in my series titled, Two Minutes or Less. In two minutes or less I cover specific issues and topics on exit…
December 12, 2011
Business Owners Focusing on Growth
I've been conducting a survey of business owners (started on December 6, 2011) and the early results are interesting. The vast majority of respondents say…
December 5, 2011
American Airlines and Small Business
American Airlines declares bankruptcy because of their overwhelming debt load. How many airlines haven't declared bankruptcy? Are there any major ones, besides Southwest, that haven't?…
November 22, 2011
The Economy – Mixed Signals
Pick up any publication and you'll see headlines about the European financial markets collapsing, our stock markets moving like a yo-yo, companies like Kodak in…
November 15, 2011
Growth, Buyouts and Cash
I'm in the middle of two internal buyouts. In both cases the companies are in a growth mode, 20-25% over the last year and projecting…
November 11, 2011
Small Business can Learn from Big Business
The October 7, 2011 Wall Street Journal's Marketplace section's headline was: "Apple's Game Plan: Avoiding Culture Shock" and dealt with Apple's decade-long succession plan for the late Steve Jobs.…
November 9, 2011
The Importance of SBA Loans
October 25, 2011 The Puget Sound Business Journal reported in September that the area credit unions have asked the SBA for the right to make…
November 7, 2011
Quantity or Quality?
October 18, 2011 At the end of September Allstate announced that they were changing their commission structure and thinning their ranks (Wall Street Journal, September…
November 5, 2011
What you See his What you Get – The 2011-15 economy
October 11, 201 The cover story of the September 21, 2011 Wall Street Journal was titled, "Home Forecast Calls for Pain." The main point made in the…
