April 1, 2017
Huge Risks? What’s Your Comfort Zone
Last year in Inc. Magazine entrepreneur and columnist Norm Brodsky wrote a column on risk versus reward. As he put it (for one of his…
March 30, 2017
Win-Win Deals: What it Really Means
In many industries, especially in the buy-sell world, the term “win-win deal’ is often thrown around. That said, most people want an, “I win more…
March 28, 2017
Regulations and Micromanagement
Tom Douglas is perhaps Seattle’s most famous chef/restaurateur with 900 employees and 19 establishments, all within a 10-block radius of his original restaurant, the Dahlia…
March 23, 2017
Ignore the Balance Sheet at Your Own Risk
A number of years ago I worked with an investment group. The president was a very experienced and very good operator but somewhat new to…
February 27, 2017
Why Malls Ban Teenagers and Your Business
I heard an interesting tidbit on the radio recently. The story was how many shopping malls are banning teenagers who are at the mall without…
February 17, 2017
Making a Sale in 2017
I was looking through a folder of articles I’ve cut from papers and magazines (and printed from online sites) and noticed some on selling. Not…
February 8, 2017
Useful Technology
The compendium of technology. On one end one of the young tech writers for the Wall Street Journal always writes about how she wants an…
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 11, 2017
Limited Information Solutions
For years I’ve loved listening to Car Talk on NPR, even now when it’s in a “best of” mode given one of the brothers died.…
January 8, 2017
Where do You Want to be in One Year?
I met with a group of clients in early November to “check-in’ as we head to the end of the year. The usual issues involve…
