November 28, 2018
Sometimes You Just Can’t Win
In the Seattle Times October 7, 2018 business section’s, “Speaking of Business” feature (a weekly roundup of quotes from the week’s most popular stories) were…
November 26, 2018
The Scan That Saved My Business’ Value
The title paraphrases a Wall Street Journal article from August 27, 2018 titled, “The Scan That Saved My Life.” The sub-title includes, “After years of…
November 21, 2018
Confirmation Not Blind Belief
As part of Jessica’s training we are reviewing one chapter a week from Russell Robb’s book, Selling Middle Market Companies (which is really about selling…
November 9, 2018
When Word of Mouth Isn’t Enough
On this podcast I discuss why word of mouth marketing isn't always enough, even though it's great, necessary, and I believe in it. Get Started…
October 17, 2018
The Value of Non-Compete Agreements
By Jessica (with a little help from John) Recently I (Jessica) attended a presentation at Equinox Business Law Group titled "Non-compete, Non-Solicitation and Non-Disclosure, Oh My!…
October 12, 2018
The Best Business Sale Transactions are Facilitated in an Environment of Full Disclosure
Guest post from Gregory Kovsky with IBA in Bellevue, WA Due diligence is a process that benefits both sides in a business sale transaction. For…
October 6, 2018
Due Diligence and The Supreme Court
We all know what’s in the headlines. Behind the headlines we see the Republicans saying how great Kavanaugh did while testifying, there’s no backup to…
September 19, 2018
Revisiting an Old Friend – The Importance of Employees
I read a short article recently where the writer was describing his frustrating experience when making a food and beverage order, which he repeated twice,…
September 17, 2018
When All Employees are on the Same Page…
At a meeting with a group of clients last week our presenter, my friend Hugh Blane, asked an interesting question – “Can every employee articulate…
August 27, 2018
Getting the Owner Out of the Way
I posted recently about seeing a rash of mangled financial statements. I wrote it’s my top item owners should fix to increase value, and just…
