In early January the Seattle Times broke a story saying the Green Bay Packers asked the Seattle Seahawks permission to interview Seahawks general manager John…
JohnMMarch 22, 2018
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Recently we had to take our Kitchen Aid mixer in for repairs. I was amazed at the sight of hundreds and hundreds of small appliances…
JohnMMarch 22, 2018
We recently went out for dinner with some good friends and in our discussions the husband touched on how his customers tell him if he…
JohnMJanuary 31, 2018
On November 7, 2017 we* did our tenth annual Getting the Deal Done Breakfast Conference and had record attendance of about 180 people. Our guest…
JohnMJanuary 24, 2018
About five years ago I worked on a buy-sell deal, representing the buyer. Time goes by and I get a call from the seller, asking…
JohnMJanuary 22, 2018
While in New York City earlier this year we had dinner with one of our former exchange students. Alex recently moved to the New York…
JohnMJanuary 18, 2018
I was recently asked if money was the top issue for business sellers (once they’re motivated to sell). My answer was it’s one of the…
JohnMJanuary 10, 2018
I was speaking with a business owner who told me he recently talked to a business buyer. The buyer had a list of questions and…
JohnMJanuary 5, 2018
A friend told me how he visited Bozeman, MT and his brother-in-law complained about how (fast growing) Bozeman is becoming “too crowded.” One of my…
JohnMDecember 21, 2017
On Halloween I asked: What’s scary to you? Only you can answer it but we’re not talking about eating too much candy tonight, ISIS, North…
JohnMDecember 19, 2017
Regarding my upcoming book, Company Growth by Acquisition Makes Dollars & Sense, a good friend asked me why I bothered having a print edition, implying most…
JohnMDecember 15, 2017
The big news in the NFL earlier this year was the best player in the NFL, Aaron Rodgers, was injured and will be out at…
JohnMDecember 12, 2017
Reading about the University of Washington’s big victory over rival Washington State I noticed the following from UW defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatowski, “When you beat…
JohnMDecember 8, 2017
Here’s a good way to lose customers. Change their agreement, which renews annually, without telling them and have the new agreement greatly reduce the customer’s…
JohnMDecember 5, 2017
The Wall Street Journal recently published an interesting article on how banks are reducing the number of branches. They explained how Bank of America, using…
JohnMDecember 5, 2017
My wife has been visiting our daughter in Baltimore a lot to help with a new baby, three trips in three months. She now has…
JohnMNovember 30, 2017
The other day I was on a conference call and heard a business seller give a very eloquent explanation of why he wants to sell…
JohnMNovember 28, 2017
A few months ago I bought a new desktop computer (I still like the big screen with a second monitor so I can have four…
JohnMNovember 22, 2017
It doesn’t take a lot of effort to find examples of poor customer service. It’s all around us and one has to wonder why management…
JohnMNovember 21, 2017
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