When is 25% ownership in a small, privately held business not really 25% ownership? When you try to sell your shares. I got a newsletter…
JohnMNovember 2, 2021
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Headline: Some Bartell customers say goodbye after changes by Rite Aid (Seattle Times, August 11, 2021). Background: Rite Aid bought 131-year-old Seattle institution Bartell Drugs…
JohnMOctober 23, 2021
“Well, I can’t be your mentor without occasionally being your tormentor,” Dr. Sharon Fieldstone. When I heard this it was a “stop the presses” moment…
JohnMOctober 20, 2021
Did you ever do something you haven’t done in a while and pay the price? Maybe an exercise routine that leaves you with sore muscles?…
JohnMOctober 13, 2021
When there’s water all over the bottom of a refrigerator it’s a sign something is wrong. Our Samsung refrigerator has a problem, and it seems,…
JohnMOctober 6, 2021
Ted Lasso this, Ted Lasso that, it doesn’t take much effort to find articles or podcasts on management based on Ted Lasso. So, I won’t…
JohnMSeptember 29, 2021
Surprised. Pleasantly surprised along with wonderment is how I’d describe my reaction when a lady I didn’t know came up to me gushing with thank…
JohnMSeptember 25, 2021
We all run into a lot of different people in our day-to-day business. After a while we get triggers as to how things might go.…
JohnMSeptember 22, 2021
I was a cafeteria monitor for at least my senior year in high school (maybe my junior year also). It wasn’t a bad job. We…
JohnMSeptember 15, 2021
We recently took a long-weekend trip to Denver to see a client and relax for a few days. I noticed something I often notice in…
JohnMSeptember 8, 2021
It’s not only the title of an old Rolling Stones song but the mantra of some business owners. I recently witnessed this twice and the…
JohnMSeptember 1, 2021
There’s an old story, about how if you put a frog in boiling water, it will hop out but if you put it in cool…
JohnMAugust 25, 2021
Recently I had a Rotary Global Grant approved for our ongoing work in Antigua. As I was writing the grant, I realized there are a…
JohnMAugust 21, 2021
New York City finally announced the results of the Mayoral primary. As per a variety of sources I deduced because of ranked choice voting this…
JohnMAugust 18, 2021
The Trump Organization allegedly avoided paying taxes on almost $2 million of compensation to an employee. The allegations and prosecution shouldn’t surprise anybody because: There’s…
JohnMAugust 11, 2021
Over the weekend our 14-month-old puppy Coco caught another squirrel. Dogs do catch critters but there are some things you should know about Coco. She’s…
JohnMAugust 4, 2021
You only have to read the headlines to realize there’s very little political collaboration these days. And that’s within the two parties as well as…
JohnMJuly 28, 2021
This weekend I received a postcard from the WA State Department of Health encouraging me to get a Covid vaccine. Funny because I got vaccinated…
JohnMJuly 21, 2021
The US is opening. The EU is opening. And the owner of a painting company told me he could do twice as much work if…
JohnMJuly 17, 2021
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