August 6, 2015
Who’s Nosy? Business Buyers & Banks
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July 30, 2015
Rules of Thumb – Real Ones!
A few months ago Business Brokerage Press published a list of (longtime) business broker Tom West's "Rules of Thumb." I picked out my top seven,…
July 20, 2015
Some Things Never Change
My friend and career coach Matt Youngquist with Career Horizons (www.career-horizons.com) recently published his June newsletter with the following statements. Less than 20% of all…
July 15, 2015
Horse Racing and Skepticism
I recently read a sportswriter comment about why sportswriters in general wax eloquently about horse racing, especially this year when we have a Triple Crown…
July 8, 2015
Pride in Ownership
Pride in ownership I’ve noticed that owners of what I call micro-businesses, sales of $250-500,000, and even up to $1 million, take a lot more…
July 2, 2015
Fraud or Just Marketing
In my world of small business buy-sell there are almost as many ways to inflate a business’s income as there are on Wall Street. Rarely…
June 24, 2015
Take Charge of Your Life
Johnny Unitas was one of the all-time great NFL quarterbacks. In fact, many attribute the modern passing offense to what he did in the 1950’s…
June 22, 2015
Engaged or Slacking
A sports reporter was asked to ask himself the perfect question and answer it. He wrote, “What has football meant to me?” His answer started…
June 18, 2015
Prevailing Optimism Part II
On May 5 I attended an event hosted by BNY Mellon and the speaker was their Director of Investment Strategy, Jeff Mortimer. Jeff presented his…
June 15, 2015
Prevailing Optimism
The New York Times recently published a column that instead of increasing support for taxing the rich and giving it to the poor, "close to…
