Over a recent weekend the Seattle area had a massive wind and rain storm featuring hurricane shaped funnels (not hurricane strength winds), falling trees, power outages,…
JohnMMay 4, 2016
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As I write this from home I’m looking out the window at blossoming trees, grass seeming to grow as I watch it, and weeds taking…
JohnMApril 28, 2016
When we get too attached to something it becomes more valuable in our eyes than in the eyes of others. My house has to be…
JohnMApril 26, 2016
Not sure if it was their long-term strategy or not but with Amazon entering the bookstore business.... Amazon starts selling books, cheap. They destroy Borders,…
JohnMApril 22, 2016
Last month a friend referred me to a business owner wanting to sell his company. His primary motivation was he's burned out and the driving…
JohnMApril 19, 2016
An article I'm writing for a trade magazine starts with, "Your family business transition will fail! That's not just my opinion, the numbers say so."…
JohnMApril 15, 2016
Recently I hosted my annual client breakfast with guest speak Robbie Bach (www.robbiebach.com). Robbie was a top executive at Microsoft and is the author of Xbox…
JohnMApril 12, 2016
Recently I saw a long-time friend and one of the first things he said to me was, “I’ve become the person I never liked.” You see,…
JohnMMarch 22, 2016
Pete Higgins at 2nd Avenue Partners, a Venture Capital (VC) firm, has told me a few times the toughest thing about his business is telling…
JohnMMarch 16, 2016
Time goes fast. Years whiz by, quarters, months, and weeks come around too soon. At the end of December a client got an email from…
JohnMMarch 11, 2016
One of the TV shows I enjoy watching is Restaurant Impossible (another is Bar Rescue). On Restaurant Impossible they go into a failing restaurant and…
JohnMMarch 7, 2016
In December, and besides holiday parties, shopping, and other festivities for a lot of people this means assessment, planning, and goals. Some of the most…
JohnMMarch 1, 2016
We were in Bozeman, MT for a few days last summer and it coincided with the 20-mile long Bridger Ridge Run. We found out this when…
JohnMFebruary 26, 2016
We take our dogs for a walk almost every day. One thing figured out a long time ago is micro-to-small sized dogs get very aggressive…
JohnMFebruary 22, 2016
Due to some changes in plumbing we had an opening about two by four inches in the block foundation of our pump's crawlspace at our…
JohnMFebruary 15, 2016
I outlined this memo in late 2015, when I first read about the first point below and when I heard on the radio about the…
JohnMFebruary 9, 2016
As many of you know, for the last dozen years I've been involved with overseas Rotary projects putting technology and training into schools in developing…
JohnMFebruary 3, 2016
Recently Seattle business legend Dave Ederer spoke to a group of my clients. One of his key points, concerning acquisitions, was he cares less about…
JohnMJanuary 29, 2016
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