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…
October 31, 2019
The Business Roundtable Creates a Snit Attack
The Wall Street Journal (and I’m sure others) sure had a snit attack last week after the Business Roundtable came out with their latest report…
October 23, 2019
Financial Shenanigans Versus Incompetence
The Wall Street Journal and others recently reported about an accounting expert who had predicted the Madoff Ponzi scheme and recently went after GE for what he…
October 16, 2019
The Best Lessons are From Dogs
I recently read Dave Barry’s latest book, Lessons From Lucy; The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog. It’s funny, as one would expect from…
October 9, 2019
Stereotypes Can Be Deadly
We were having a cup of coffee and some breakfast at a great little coffee shop-bakery-café in Bozeman, MT before going on a hike. Next…
September 4, 2019
When You’re In Over Your Head…
AB InBev, which makes one out of every four beers sold worldwide and owns hundreds of brands is selling assets in Australia, Asia, and Central…
August 28, 2019
Are You Ready for a Storm Surge?
I was watching a fascinating video on the Weather Channel app about Tropical Storm/Hurricane Barry in Louisiana. The scene started with what looked like a…
