We were relaxing on a Sunday night after a busy weekend and watching the end of Sunday Night Baseball. It was an exciting game, the…
JohnMAugust 4, 2017
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The Fourth of July is a day when seemingly normal people lose their common sense and blow off fingers, damage eyes, and do other mayhem…
JohnMJuly 31, 2017
Recently I had to give a presentation about my business, what I do, etc. About the same time, I was at the point in the…
JohnMJuly 19, 2017
On May 25, 2017, the Wall Street Journal’s tech column was about how almost all of us have personal information exposed online, much more than…
JohnMJuly 15, 2017
Recently it was Memorial Day, a day to honor those who died defending our country (although many confuse it with Veterans Day, which is to…
JohnMJuly 12, 2017
Not that it’s worth much, but I was an Econ major in undergraduate and grad school. I do remember Macro Economics 101 - supply, demand,…
JohnMJuly 7, 2017
The new buzzwords of 2016-17 are “Fake News” and “Alternative Facts”. Hey, this is nothing new. Politicians, and others, have used an alternate reality of…
JohnMJune 30, 2017
On May 10 I was on a panel at the monthly Association for Corporate Growth meeting titled, “Deal Warriors of the Lower Middle Market.” My…
JohnMJune 26, 2017
One of my sons convinced me to (finally) signup for Amazon Prime Photos, which Amazon defines as, “Secure unlimited photo storage and enhanced search and…
JohnMJune 23, 2017
I recently read an excerpt from the book, “Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less (by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. Copyright © 2016), shared…
JohnMJune 22, 2017
On their menus and placemats PizzaVino in Palm Desert, CA describes true authentic Neapolitan Pizza as, “It’s all about balance, The Oven, San Marzano tomatoes,…
JohnMJune 17, 2017
I’m a member of Seattle Executives Association (SEA) and we recently had elections for the board of directors. Unlike my Rotary club where there’s one…
JohnMJune 15, 2017
Every competent attorney will tell you they want another competent attorney on the other side of a deal, whether it’s a buy-sell deal, contract negotiation,…
JohnMJune 14, 2017
The Seattle Mariners, like quite a few teams, started their 2017 season very slowly, going 2-8 at one point. The press and the casual fans…
JohnMJune 10, 2017
A recent edition of my Marquette University alumni magazine had an article on a new mandatory Business School course, Business Day 1 (something I wish…
JohnMJune 7, 2017
Fast Company recently had an article titled, “Forget Startups Just Buy a Small Business from a Retiring Entrepreneur." The first sentence was, “Sure, you may…
JohnMJune 3, 2017
Earth Day featured multiple marches across the country, protesting the anticipated cuts in federal dollars to science. An interview with one scientist hit the proverbial…
JohnMMay 31, 2017
We live in the age of instant communication. We also live in the age of someone with a microphone just about everywhere. Mitt Romney found…
JohnMMay 24, 2017
The front page of the Seattle Times sports section on March 20, 2017 had a picture of Seattle Sounders co-owner Drew Carey carrying the MLS…
JohnMMay 20, 2017
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