The June 19, 2013 Wall Street Journal titled, “Unpaid Internship? Some College Pick Up the Tab.” Here’s a quote from the article. “Colleges’ job-placement rates…
JohnMJune 27, 2013
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Problem two: too many businesses get caught up in the day-to-day and never get around to formulating a strategy. Problem one (the big one): implementation…
JohnMJune 21, 2013
We did something last month that ended an era for my wife and me. For the first time in our lives we live in a…
JohnMJune 17, 2013
The other day as we were just waking up we hear this “rat-a-tat-tat; rat-a-tat-tat” that was a woodpecker trying to peck into our composite basketball…
JohnMJune 5, 2013
GE’s reputation was to get rid of the bottom 10% of their employees to keep raising the bar. In professional services the mantra is to…
JohnMMay 29, 2013
Paul McCartney and Wings had a song titled, "Silly Love Songs" and it starts with the line, "You'd think that people would have had enough…
JohnMMay 22, 2013
Ever wonder what world some people live in? Ever wonder if your clients or customers ask what world you live in? Consider the following: I'm…
JohnMMay 15, 2013
On April 29 my Rotary Club (www.bbrc.net) held our annual fundraiser, the Bellevue 10K and 5K. When we picked up our family’s packets the day…
JohnMMay 8, 2013
I came back from the gym the other night and my wife had the MLB network on and was watching the Dodgers-Brewers game. The Dodgers…
JohnMApril 30, 2013
There are a lot of words that can be used to describe the events in Boston last week. They include amazing, senseless and barbaric, and…
JohnMApril 23, 2013
My mother-in-law just completed an amazing journey that started when she had a severe reaction to a minor and routine medical procedure. After three months…
JohnMApril 18, 2013
I uncovered a business for my business buyer clients that is engulfed in a “disagreement” with the Washington State Department of Labor. Disagreement is putting…
JohnMApril 3, 2013
From Russel Wood, www.fushionflavorsusa.com, Tampa, FL When we purchased our company, it became blatantly obvious how important technology was going to be for us to…
JohnMApril 1, 2013
Once again it’s the NCAA basketball tournament, aka, March Madness. This year’s tourney has created great headlines for all of the (major) upsets. I feel…
JohnMMarch 27, 2013
The other day our washing machine started flashing some error codes. Our first reaction was, “oh no” because we had just replaced our dryer and…
JohnMMarch 20, 2013
Let’s assume you make a product that uses consumables. One of your goals should be to get so popular that Costco comes out with their…
JohnMMarch 18, 2013
On January 28, 2013 BusinessWeek published an article Karen Klein titled, “What’s Driving the Spike in Small Business Acquisitions.” Let’s review her top three points…
JohnMMarch 7, 2013
Three diverse occurrences that tie together to show why staying relevant is so important. Last week I spoke to a board member and investor of…
JohnMMarch 6, 2013
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