November 2, 2011
Watch Your Debt
The Wall Street Journal recently had an article about how many midsize chain restaurants are struggling. The interesting commonality was that food costs were up…
October 10, 2011
Business Buying: As Easy as Buying a House?
It's amazing how, regardless of the level of sophistication, experience and business acumen of a prospective business buyer, the acquisition process always seems "easy" to…
October 8, 2011
Job Market or Business Ownership
September 27, 2011 The September 3, 2011 Seattle Times had an article titled, "Study shows state's middle-class jobs not expected to grow." The three main points of the…
September 3, 2011
Vacations-Who Needs Them?
It must be that time of year as on August 15, 2011 I was quoted in Portfolio.com in an article about taking vacations and on…
August 18, 2011
Read my interview in The Street
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August 1, 2011
Don’t be an Over-Leveraged Buyer
The July 30, 2011 Wall Street Journal had a headline of, “For Investors, Cash Is King.” Of course, business owners and business buyers have known…
July 28, 2011
Not just in Small Business
The July 28, 2011 Wall Street Journal had a front page article on Groupon’s pre-IPO accounting tricks. It seems they are presenting an income statement…
July 18, 2011
WSJ says sales of [very] small firms are up
In the July 14, 2011 Wall Street Journal, Sarah Needleman writes that sales of small businesses, as per bizbuysell.com, are up for the third straight…
July 7, 2011
SBA Loans are a Great Option
In my Roundtable Discussion last week Mark Costello, the regional director of SBA lending, was the topic presenter. It was interesting to hear some of…
June 18, 2011
Know What to Say and Not Say
Boeing executives should have, "Kept their mouths shut. I'm sure their labor lawyers were banging their heads." Charles Craver, labor law expert at George Washington…
