July 10, 2012
Lessons from the Rotary World
On June 30 my term as president of the Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club ended. I learned a lot in my presidential year and in the…
July 8, 2012
Social Media and its Varying Uses
The Facebook IPO has social media in the headlines. The big item to consider is: How does social media help our businesses and us? For…
July 4, 2012
Business and Giving Back
The weekend of April 21 we attended our Rotary district's annual conference. The keynote speaker was State Senator Rick Brinkley from Oklahoma. He was one…
June 30, 2012
Management Advice from Reality TV
The other night we were watching "Bar Rescue" starring Jon Taffer. Mr. Taffer was working with a bar/restaurant in Chicago that was struggling to catch…
June 15, 2012
Managing the Fast Track
Recently The Wall Street Journal had an article on single people getting off the fast track. Their main example was a lawyer whom left a…
May 23, 2012
It’s All About Relationships
Recently I received a phone call from an advisor on the other side of a transaction (someone who will probably read this). The point of…
May 4, 2012
Be Concise not Confusing
A recent transaction has the parties confused over some of the language in the Purchase and Sale Agreement (not unusual). It reminds us that when…
May 1, 2012
Finding Money in a Down Real Estate Market
The February 1, 2012 Wall Street Journal had a front page story about how many small businesses, including a lot of start-ups, can't fund their business because their…
April 29, 2012
When Businesses Don’t Prosper
The New York Times small business blog on January 18, 2012 had a case study on franchises. A former International Franchise Association executive, now a franchise owner,…
