April 25, 2012
Getting Business is All Attitude
While watching the TV show, "Bar Rescue" the other day the host told the owners of a bar/restaurant (who wanted to increase their business from…
April 20, 2012
Is your Company Fit?
"Keeping Boomers Fit for Work" was the headline of the lead article in theWall Street Journal's Marketplace section on December 28, 2011. The focus company was…
April 19, 2012
Are you “Open for Business”
The January 2012 issue of The Rotarian magazine (sent to Rotary Club members) has an article titled, "Open for business." The focus of the article is about…
April 17, 2012
Passion for a Business
A lot of books on careers and entrepreneurship talk about having a passion for what you do. My advice is to not stress over it…
April 15, 2012
The Headlines Don’t Tell the Story
Saturday, January 7, 2012-I bring in the Seattle Times and The Wall Street Journal and see that both have headlines about the dropping unemployment rate. Seattle Times-"Job front improves,…
April 13, 2012
Survey says Growth in a Prime Objective in 2012
During December I started conducting a survey of business owners (if you're an owner, please take the survey by clicking the link below; it is…
April 4, 2012
23 March Madness Rules of Business
In the March 14, 2012 Wall Street Journal Jason Gay wrote a very entertaining article titled, "The 23 Rules of March Madness." Not to be…
April 3, 2012
Leverage your relationships
A client wants to make an offer to buy a business. The owner does not live in the same area as the buyer or the…
April 2, 2012
Marketing in Action
I get an email newsletter from the Green Bay Packers. It comes at least once a week and is supplemented by regular announcements from the…
April 1, 2012
Acquisition Criteria from Berkshire Hathaway
Someone recently sent me Berkshire Hathaway’s (Warren Buffet’s company) acquisition criteria from their annual report. While buyers of small to mid-sized businesses don’t have the…
