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JohnMApril 3, 2019
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On November 6 we* hosted our 10thanniversary “Getting the Deal Done Breakfast Conference” at the Bellevue Club. About 150 people heard about our featured topic…
JohnMJanuary 18, 2019
The week of Thanksgiving, I was working on our Rotary project in Antigua, which will be in February 2019. It's the time of year for…
JohnMJanuary 16, 2019
As part of Jessica’s training I went through my folder of old articles and other industry materials. I came across something from a business broker…
JohnMDecember 19, 2018
As a prelude to the elections there was a story on the morning radio the other day about an elected official either convicted or about…
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In the Seattle Times October 7, 2018 business section’s, “Speaking of Business” feature (a weekly roundup of quotes from the week’s most popular stories) were…
JohnMNovember 28, 2018
The title paraphrases a Wall Street Journal article from August 27, 2018 titled, “The Scan That Saved My Life.” The sub-title includes, “After years of…
JohnMNovember 26, 2018
As part of Jessica’s training we are reviewing one chapter a week from Russell Robb’s book, Selling Middle Market Companies (which is really about selling…
JohnMNovember 21, 2018
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JohnMNovember 10, 2018
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JohnMNovember 9, 2018
I’m known in my family for constantly asking, “Why?” Others will say something about what they’re going to do, what they want to get, etc.…
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