A business buyer is concerned about high interest rates (even as they’ve come down a bit), and she’s not alone. But here’s the thing—she approached…
JohnMOctober 4, 2024
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I almost titled this, “So you want to play with the big boys (and girls)? Don’t.” Headline in the Wall Street Journal, “Fannie, Freddie to…
JohnMSeptember 25, 2024
It’s a nice business. They do about $20 million in sales with 10% net income margin. It’s been around a long time, has loyal employees,…
JohnMSeptember 18, 2024
We recently attended a NW Family Business Advisors meeting and heard Jasmine Donovan, the CEO of Dick’s Drive-in Restaurants. I came dressed for the event,…
JohnMSeptember 11, 2024
Auto manufacturers are shifting. They’ve realized car buyers want hybrids and plug-in hybrids more than EVs (despite the government pushing EVs). They’re changing their production…
JohnMAugust 30, 2024
The blue screen of death was the description used for the July 19 collapse of Window’s operating system. A bug in cybersecurity software from CrowdStrike…
JohnMAugust 28, 2024
From my very first visit to my many years living in the Seattle area, I’ve always found it endearing one could park on side streets…
JohnMAugust 21, 2024
There are many reasons why people choose to work for a small business. Those include: Flexibility Culture See what you’ve done (versus being .00001% of…
JohnMAugust 16, 2024
Three articles on the Business & Finance section of the July 3, 2024, Wall Street Journal give easy to explain reasons why having a competitive…
JohnMAugust 14, 2024
July 4 is Independence Day, a celebration of freedom. It gives us the right to (legally) do what we want. An old adage was if…
JohnMAugust 7, 2024
As the title says, it’s not easy to build, grow, maintain a profitable business. If you’ve done it, you should be congratulated. This was, again,…
JohnMAugust 2, 2024
Adjacent articles in the Wall Street Journal show that you better be prepared for change but not to change things for the sake of changing.…
JohnMJuly 31, 2024
The headline was, “Boeing and Airbus media events like night and day.” This was in reference to the 2024 Farnborough Air Show. Here’s what was…
JohnMJuly 26, 2024
A few observations from recent events. Last week we attended our granddaughter’s dance performance at the Kirkland Performance Center. At intermission we got a beverage…
JohnMJuly 24, 2024
A client’s attorney reviewed our NDA and told her it may not mean anything because our advisory business probably doesn’t have any assets. I responded…
JohnMJuly 17, 2024
The May 15 Seattle ACG meeting had interesting insights into buy-sell deals. It was a discussion with one of the sellers of a company ($70…
JohnMJuly 10, 2024
I called what I thought was a prospective client. He answered, I introduced myself, and then it went like this, after an introduction: Me: Is…
JohnMJuly 5, 2024
A prospective client was discussing his company’s overseas office and its (lack of) results. He said: “We had a husband-and-wife team doing sales, they weren’t…
JohnMJuly 3, 2024
Every business buyer we know wants to grow the company they acquire. So it’s important for owners/sellers to stay on top of their market and…
JohnMJune 28, 2024
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