February 6, 2020
What is the Bane of Your Business?
Goals are an ongoing task, not just for a calendar year. Many years ago I was a regular at a pretty cool restaurant in Minneapolis,…
February 5, 2020
Growth by Acquisition Isn’t for Everybody
This was originally written for the blog on www.ibainc.com. An interesting title of an article about how the author helps his company’s clients, isn’t it?…
January 30, 2020
High Rise – High Risk – High Reward
Gazing out the window of a high-rise I saw workers on scaffolding on a building across the street. My first reaction was, “That looks like…
January 25, 2020
Taking Action – Maybe Tomorrow?
The Wall Street Journal had an article titled, “New Ways to Battle Procrastination.” So, I tore it out to read later. Seriously, I did tear…
January 23, 2020
Priority: Make Customers Feel Special
It’s common knowledge cable and satellite TV companies have been losing customers to cord cutting, i.e., people using only online streaming services for their in-house…
January 17, 2020
Vaping and other Naïve Actions
There was a recent news story about a Seattle area law enforcement officer suing for about $11 million because of a health condition caused by…
January 11, 2020
Politicians, Businesspeople, and Rotary’s 4-Way Test
As we experience the holiday season with Peace on Earth, Goodwill to All, Thanks(giving), and the meaning of all this, I want to share my…
December 21, 2019
No Floundering Here; Only Great Insights
On October 23 we had our 12th annual Getting the Deal Done Breakfast Conference at the Bellevue Club. As always, our sponsors and expert panelists (beside…
December 5, 2019
Do Your Customers Know You?
We’ve been working on an ongoing project with Pacific Software Publishing to locate acquisition targets of companies doing website hosting. Many moons ago I came…
November 23, 2019
Knowing Your Market
“Millennials are less loyal, so service agreements are on the decline. Will need to create "clubs" for them to join, with a monthly fee to…
