May 22, 2013
Silly Rules and Policies
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…
April 30, 2013
Love What You Do
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…
March 7, 2013
The State of the Buy-Sell Market in Early 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…
February 5, 2013
Finish What You Start
This morning I listened to an interview with an experienced hostage negotiator. He was being interviewed about the Jimmy Lee Dykes case in Alabama. Talk…
December 20, 2012
Watch Out for Concentrations
I recently attended a Puget Sound Business Journal breakfast where the speaker was the CEO of Virginia Mason (healthcare organization). He said something that I…
December 16, 2012
The Wrong Details Will Kill You
I recently gave a talk on, "Dramatically Increasing the Value of your Business." One of my topics is about how growth plans get sabotaged by…
December 12, 2012
Don’t Scramble Your Eggs
We've been planning our annual Rotary project trip to Antigua for which our matching grant was just approved and funded. After being there five times…
December 7, 2012
It’s Never Easy
Okay sports fans, this is for you. From early December 2010 through 2011 the Green Bay Packers had a magical run. They won 21 of…
November 28, 2012
Business Buyers Create Jobs
The November 12, 2012 Wall Street Journal had a special report section titled, “Why Washington Has It Wrong.” The lead article, by Duke University professor…
