“I hate lawyers” was how a client answered the phone. No hello, hi John, or similar. Just, “I hate lawyers.” And obviously not referring to…
JohnMJune 23, 2021
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According to a Gallup study, one in every six workers stay in a job they’re unhappy with because of the benefits and the lower the…
JohnMJune 16, 2021
The other day the Wall Street Journal wrote about how, “Small Investors Look to Small-Town Homes.” One investor said he targets C-level homes in decent…
JohnMJune 15, 2021
A recent Wall Street Journal has an article on how cellphone carriers are back to giving away phones with a contract or financing phones with…
JohnMJune 14, 2021
We were watching Star Trek Discovery, during one scene they fired off some pods to a planet’s surface, and to describe what they were doing…
JohnMJune 9, 2021
There are reasons why people want to own (and buy) a small business. I’ve gone over the reasons why people want to buy and own…
JohnMJune 4, 2021
We got back from a week in Scottsdale and on the outbound flight, as we landed, the pilot asked us to stay in our seats…
JohnMJune 2, 2021
Last year it was Deutche Bank and Trump. Now it’s Credit Suisse with Archegos and Greensill. These large banks seem to have forgotten the Five…
JohnMMay 28, 2021
As was predicted, news outlet ratings have fallen, especially those that are anti-Trump. People want to see, hear, and read negative news. In the first…
JohnMMay 26, 2021
The other day Jessica was saying how she’s come to realize we and others say about the same things when it comes to what makes…
JohnMMay 12, 2021
I was talking with (helping) a person who has a very small advisory firm about a recent conversation he’d had with a prospective client. He…
JohnMMay 5, 2021
There’s the old question, “Who’s the most important employee at a hotel?” and the answer is, the doorman (or doorwoman). They’re the first-person guests see…
JohnMApril 28, 2021
The New York Times reported on a “little-noticed court ruling in December (2020).” The ruling was against the former board members of the Jones Group,…
JohnMApril 21, 2021
A month or so after a business buy-sell transaction the buyer said he had found some challenges but was making his way through them. Finding…
JohnMApril 14, 2021
The March 1, 2021 comic Non Sequitur by Wiley gives us a great answer (to the headline). You can see the comic here* and in…
JohnMApril 9, 2021
By Jessica Martinka There’s an old song that starts out, “Signs, signs, everywhere a sign.” What about, “Questions, questions, everywhere a question,” when it comes…
JohnMApril 7, 2021
I have never worked with a business buyer who didn’t want to grow (aka scale) the business they buy. I don’t know if I’ve ever…
JohnMMarch 31, 2021
The headlines about the Texas freeze and energy disaster caught my attention. I read two long articles, one in the Seattle Times and the other…
JohnMMarch 27, 2021
We’re working on a client grow-by-acquisition project and have found the industry is not only very fragmented, with a lot of small companies, but too…
JohnMMarch 24, 2021
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