August 18, 2021
You Have to be Better Than the NY City Election Board
New York City finally announced the results of the Mayoral primary. As per a variety of sources I deduced because of ranked choice voting this…
August 11, 2021
Avoiding Taxes Like the Big Guys (and Gals)
The Trump Organization allegedly avoided paying taxes on almost $2 million of compensation to an employee. The allegations and prosecution shouldn’t surprise anybody because: There’s…
July 28, 2021
Businesspeople Aren’t Like Politicians; Thank Goodness
You only have to read the headlines to realize there’s very little political collaboration these days. And that’s within the two parties as well as…
July 21, 2021
You Can do Better than the Government (any Government)
This weekend I received a postcard from the WA State Department of Health encouraging me to get a Covid vaccine. Funny because I got vaccinated…
July 17, 2021
Buying a Business; Operating a Business; Selling a Business Employees are More Important than Ever
The US is opening. The EU is opening. And the owner of a painting company told me he could do twice as much work if…
July 14, 2021
To Call or Not To Call
I looked at the title of a recent article by Joanna Stern in the Wall Street Journal and felt it was either aimed directly at…
July 6, 2021
What is Exit Planning Really?
Exit planning gets a lot of buzz but what is it really? Here’s an example of what could of, should have been done with proper…
June 30, 2021
When You’re Wrong, You’re Wrong
I was wrong. I’ll admit it. Go back a year and then I thought a lot of distressed companies would hit the market in Q2…
June 18, 2021
Deals Should be Nothing but Common Sense
Recently Jessica and I attended a webinar put on by investor Tony Cappaert and his guest Sam Rosati, owner of two light manufacturing businesses. That…
