The May 5, 2020 of the Wall Street Journal was, not unexpectedly, filled with articles on the virus. The ones standing out were the headlines…
JohnMJune 3, 2020
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In college basketball there are players known as being, “one-and-done,” as in playing one year for the college team and then going off to the…
JohnMApril 29, 2020
I wrote this in Antigua, West Indies on another Rotary service project installing computers and Wi-Fi networks in schools, training teachers how to teach more…
JohnMApril 22, 2020
Fact: Politicians, all politicians, from both parties, promise more jobs, better jobs, increased pay, and anything else they think will garner them votes. Fact: None…
JohnMApril 17, 2020
We’re in Antigua, West Indies, on our Rotary project, working in the schools. Over the course of the trip I’ve had 12 meetings (in seven…
JohnMApril 15, 2020
At a recent meeting of the Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club, I barely paid attention to 90% of the program. Why? Because in the first few…
JohnMApril 10, 2020
A company Jessica and I have been helping has a dependency problem, which is not uncommon in small businesses. Unlike most, it’s not the owner…
JohnMApril 8, 2020
For most business owners I’m guessing your strategy is off track and any exit planning is on the back burner given our minds are on…
JohnMApril 3, 2020
Just some thoughts given our current situation. Disclaimer: You will probably find something to like and dislike based on your political preferences. Mother Nature, the…
JohnMApril 1, 2020
I won’t be disingenuous by marketing services when most of us are in survival mode so I will make all readers of this newsletter an…
JohnMMarch 30, 2020
The January 21, 2020 Wall Street Journal had an article titled, “Sears Woes Overwhelm Spun-Off Hardware Stores.” It’s common knowledge Sears is in trouble, big…
JohnMMarch 25, 2020
Once again, the phrase, “We live in interesting times” is being used. There’s nothing but news about the coronavirus and at the same time marketing creativity…
JohnMMarch 19, 2020
The title of this memo is a line one of my son’s likes to say regarding technology in cars, homes, and everywhere else. We see…
JohnMMarch 18, 2020
The attorney looked at the audience and said, “Make sure you understand everything in your agreements. If there are any ambiguities, they will come back…
JohnMMarch 5, 2020
Running a small business is easy. Having a small business as an absentee owner is a piece of cake. The employees can operate the business…
JohnMFebruary 27, 2020
It’s 2020. Another year, another decade. Doesn’t seem that long-ago people were worried about the world collapsing on 1-1-2000 because of computer clocks, does it?…
JohnMFebruary 20, 2020
We recently spent a long weekend cleaning out our family cabin, which recently sold. As we thought about all we did over the years, we…
JohnMFebruary 13, 2020
This was written for and originally published by https://soundmarkwealth.com/, a Kirkland, WA wealth management firm. Somewhere over the rainbow… is the successful sale and exit…
JohnMFebruary 11, 2020
Goals are an ongoing task, not just for a calendar year. Many years ago I was a regular at a pretty cool restaurant in Minneapolis,…
JohnMFebruary 6, 2020
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