In football there’s a flexible pylon four inches square and 18 inches high on the end of each goal line, it’s in-bounds and where the…
JohnMNovember 14, 2013
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Every so often I hear the statement, “the business is so well run you can hire a manager for $50-60,000 a year to keep it…
JohnMOctober 22, 2013
If the only way a buy-sell deal can be made to work is because of AAA, it's probably not worth doing. AAA stands for: Adjustments…
JohnMOctober 18, 2013
I was at a professional group meeting recently, we broke into small groups to discuss an issue and the first thing one person blurted out…
JohnMOctober 16, 2013
I was recently at a high-end resort and wanted to use the gym. There were two gyms, one in the main building, a short walk…
JohnMOctober 7, 2013
It's been a long time since I've experienced rain as we did at the University of Washington football game last Saturday. We were soaked under…
JohnMOctober 5, 2013
Pre-Great Recession - banks competed for business acquisition loans and I remember one client's summary that had eight banks, eight approvals, seven banks using the SBA…
JohnMOctober 3, 2013
I’ve been going through the wonderful experience of applying for a Rotary matching grant, for our Antigua project, in a new system. I’ve been our…
JohnMSeptember 25, 2013
To the surprise of nobody who drives, J.D. Power and Associates released a study stating that Prius drivers are the worst drivers on the road.…
JohnMSeptember 18, 2013
September 10, 2013 The August 26, 2013 Wall Street Journal had a page 3 article titled, "Seattle a Leader in Job Growth" and it discussed why…
JohnMSeptember 11, 2013
Over one month in the summer of 1940 the German military forced the French to surrender. Most people would assume that the German’s had a…
JohnMSeptember 4, 2013
While on vacation earlier this month, a good friend of ours got us field passes to watch the Green Bay Packers practice. It was a…
JohnMAugust 28, 2013
We were visiting my mother-in-law in Milwaukee a week or so ago, on Sunday morning we got some coffee and walked to the lakefront where…
JohnMAugust 21, 2013
We were recently on the road, driving through North Dakota. It struck me that there were billboards, the type of which I’d never seen before.…
JohnMJuly 30, 2013
I received a call from a salesperson at a company from whom I had requested information. We went over a few things, she answered some…
JohnMJuly 24, 2013
Business buyer tips: Ask insightful questions Research the industry Show an interest and passion if you’re considering making an offer A client lost a deal…
JohnMJuly 22, 2013
A famous African proverb states, “if you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far, go together.” This proverb captures how…
JohnMJuly 22, 2013
The two most recent newsletters from Business Brokerage Press featured a list of the current “hot” businesses for sale based on a monthly ranking of…
JohnMJuly 17, 2013
We had a problem with a DVD that’s part of an exercise program we use. While the company replaced it, I decided we didn’t want…
JohnMJuly 10, 2013
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