Non-baseball fans often say they don't like the game because something's not happening "all the time." Baseball fans love the multi-levels of strategy. There's a…
JohnMOctober 23, 2014
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Many years ago a client told a prospective client that I was expensive but worth it. He also stated to me and others that it…
JohnMAugust 25, 2014
Consulting guru and advisor Alan Weiss constantly tells people not to pay attention to random, unsolicited feedback. This makes so much sense and yet most…
JohnMAugust 19, 2014
One of the most recent innovations in major league baseball is the greatly expanded us of shifting the defensive players. This is the result of…
JohnMAugust 15, 2014
To continue from the last two posts, here are my comments on situation number three. Losing money. Recent upward trend or reduction of expenses. Is…
JohnMAugust 11, 2014
Last post I wrote about the first of the three situations in which businesses can find themselves: Losing money. Recent upward trend or reduction of expenses.…
JohnMAugust 9, 2014
Let's look at three different situations in which businesses may find themselves and how people in my buy-sell world look at them. Losing money. Recent…
JohnMAugust 7, 2014
To non-baseball fans the game is slow and boring because something’s not happening “all the time.” To many baseball fans it’s the multi-levels of strategy.…
JohnMAugust 4, 2014
Consider the following: Amazon.com uses a temp agency to hire warehouse people and put them through a probationary period. My friend Gary with three-dozen employees…
JohnMAugust 1, 2014
As I mentioned last week, Lucas Mack with 4th Avenue Media presented to a group of my clients and me recently. The first thing I wrote down…
JohnMJuly 3, 2014
The best sportswriter in the country, in my humble opinion, is Jason Gay with The Wall Street Journal. He writes about all sports, has a…
JohnMJune 28, 2014
Lisa Forrest was right; you’re seeing this story. A couple weeks ago we were both at our mutual client’s business, Elmore Electric, now owned by…
JohnMMay 28, 2014
Three times a year we visit my mother-in-law and it always triggers one particular "reminder" in my head. You see, she grew up during the…
JohnMMay 5, 2014
Saturday night we were watching Restaurant Impossible as we ate dinner. Regular readers of my newsletters know that I write a lot about how business…
JohnMApril 30, 2014
I recently attended an ACG webinar on M&A due diligence. My expectations were that we'd spend a lot of time on spreadsheets and legalities. Boy…
JohnMApril 1, 2014
An ongoing question in the buy-sell industry is, "What's included in the deal?" Especially when it comes to working capital. If you just peg a…
JohnMMarch 22, 2014
On our return trip from our Rotary project in Antigua I was the first one to check in and did so via a kiosk. As…
JohnMMarch 19, 2014
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