February 24, 2017
Getting the Deal Done Recap
In November 2016 we* held our ninth annual Getting the Deal Done Breakfast Conference at the Bellevue Club. Our special guest speaker was Robbie Bach, author…
January 27, 2017
Negative Endorsements
With the election just past (yeah!) it made me realize we vote for a lot of things on which we really shouldn’t be voting. Judges…
January 23, 2017
Business Buyers and Sellers Have Prisons to Escape
The following picture is in my book If They Can Sell Pet Rocks Why Can't You Sell Your Business (For What You Want)? It shows how after…
January 20, 2017
Oversupply and Demand (Not Good)
“Restaurants Burned by Oversupply” is the Business section headline from the October 17, 2016 Wall Street Journal. The visual is a (Halloween themed) cemetery with…
January 14, 2017
Jealous Dogs and Jealous People
Last week we dog sat for our younger son’s two Golden Retrievers. Quite an experience with monsoon type rains for a few days that left…
January 6, 2017
Are You Ready For “Surgery”
On September 27, 2016 the Wall Street Journal published an article titled, “Doctors Give Pre-Surgery Orders to Get in Shape.” The first sentence is, “Are…
January 3, 2017
Buying a Business Works; M&A (Usually) Doesn’t
Gretchen Morgenstern in The New York Times wrote about how, “Blockbuster deals like Bayer’s $56 billion takeover of agribusiness giant Monsanto seldom live up to…
November 16, 2016
What’s behind your curtain?
Our son-in-law is a big city police officer (not Seattle) and recently was involved in a situation that will never make the news. He was…
November 10, 2016
Individuals or Teams? It’s Both (Part two)
In my last post I wrote about how teams are critical to success in sports, business, and actually other activities, and how individuals determine the success…
November 3, 2016
Individuals or Teams? It’s Both (Part one)
The NFL season started last Thursday and a quick review of multiple games synopsis along with seeing some highlights showed 11 of the 14 games…
