August 25, 2015
Stock Market Correction & Business Buy-Sell
For the last nine to 12 months I’ve been writing and saying business owners have their heads in the sand. One of my common lines…
August 20, 2015
Everybody’s Now an Exit Planner
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August 13, 2015
You Better Understand a Working Capital Adjustor
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August 10, 2015
Ethics is a People Thing
In the last year or so numerous tech companies, including Google, Yelp, Amazon, and LinkedIn have been accused of unethical actions. (I was especially appalled…
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 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 6, 2015
Bad News: You Have to Grow to Pay Your Debt
On May 4, 2015 a Wall Street Journal article discussed the Japanese company Suntory and its 2014 acquisition of Jim Beam. One of the most…
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…
