November 17, 2017
When Vision Meets Technology
A while back I read an article about how the staff at Tesla can’t keep up with all the visionary ideas Elon Musk and his…
November 15, 2017
Adapt or Perish
It’s interesting, and a bit sad, to see town car drivers waiting and waiting and waiting outside of hotels as Uber and Lyft cars come…
November 14, 2017
Great Customer Service Means “Be Flexible”
For the last five years or so my CEO Leaders Group has met at Pearl restaurant in Bellevue or its (former) sister restaurant Koral. In…
November 14, 2017
Worse Than No Customer? A Bad Customer
Recently I once again taught my very popular class, “Dynamically Growing a Consulting Business,” at the local SBA/SCORE office. Every class is different, which makes…
November 9, 2017
When Trump and Liberals Agree
What interesting times we live in, as people in every generation have said. What spurs this thought is the New York Times coming out in…
November 7, 2017
Political Shenanigans and Business Buy-Sell
In the recent news is the story of how Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was removed from office based on corruption charges and not being…
November 2, 2017
Urgency and the Government’s Pace
At the annual conference for the Society for the Advancement of Consulting I once again heard about how speed matters, i.e. have urgency. Also, how…
November 2, 2017
Growth by Acquisition Story
In my upcoming book, Growth By Acquisition Makes Dollars & Sense, I end each chapter with a short story about a client who grew their…
November 1, 2017
Motivations for Owning a Business
Motivations for Owning a Business Guest column from Gregory Kovsky, IBA Business Brokers An introductory conversation between adults locally will often include an inquiry about…
October 30, 2017
Get Commitment or Lose Business
A few times a year I teach a class at the local SBA office (titled Dynamically Growing a Consulting Business). At the last class we…
