March 25, 2020
Business Ownership with No Control
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…
March 18, 2020
The Robots Are Taking Over
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…
March 5, 2020
Details, Details, Details, and Ambiguity
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…
February 27, 2020
Even Adults Need Adult Supervision
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…
February 5, 2020
Growth by Acquisition Isn’t for Everybody
This was originally written for the blog on www.ibainc.com. An interesting title of an article about how the author helps his company’s clients, isn’t it?…
January 11, 2020
Politicians, Businesspeople, and Rotary’s 4-Way Test
As we experience the holiday season with Peace on Earth, Goodwill to All, Thanks(giving), and the meaning of all this, I want to share my…
December 26, 2019
Three Important Buy-Sell Lessons
This is something I sent to our clients recently and realized it has good lessons for all. I’ve been involved in a real estate buy-sell…
December 19, 2019
Fantasyland
I was recently talking to a business buyer about what he was looking for in a business. What he said all made sense; a B2B…
December 12, 2019
What is Your Real Income
I’m working with a private equity firm to find add-on HVAC, plumbing, electrical, or refrigeration companies for their plumbing construction firm in the Seattle area…
November 27, 2019
Scams in buy-sell deals
On September 8, 2019 the Buzz column in the Seattle Times was titled, “Seattle Cider sues founder, former CEO” and dealt with a lawsuit against…
