November 1, 2014
A Dynamic Brand Overcomes All
The NFL made a deal with Microsoft to provide all teams with Surface tablets for use during games. A nice PR event for Microsoft, even…
October 29, 2014
Serendipity Can Be Huge
It's not just being in the right place at the right time, it's capitalizing on it. In 1925 New York Yankees first baseman Wally Pipp…
October 25, 2014
When It’s Time To Cut Your Losses
The big sports news in Seattle last week was that the Seahawks traded their $20 million (plus three draft choices) mistake, i.e. Percy Harvin. Interestingly,…
October 23, 2014
Sports & Business – Strategy Win!
Non-baseball fans often say they don't like the game because something's not happening "all the time." Baseball fans love the multi-levels of strategy. There's a…
September 3, 2014
Transaction Documentation Means Dollars
The following article is from “IN$IGHT” the Zachary Scott Spring 2014 newsletter. I thought it so valuable I asked them if I could send it…
August 19, 2014
Beware of Uneducated Input
Consulting guru and advisor Alan Weiss constantly tells people not to pay attention to random, unsolicited feedback. This makes so much sense and yet most…
August 11, 2014
Business Buy-Sell and the Business’s Status – #3
To continue from the last two posts, here are my comments on situation number three. Losing money. Recent upward trend or reduction of expenses. Is…
August 9, 2014
Business Buy-Sell and the Business’s Status – #2
Last post I wrote about the first of the three situations in which businesses can find themselves: Losing money. Recent upward trend or reduction of expenses.…
August 7, 2014
Business Buy-Sell and the Business’s Status
Let's look at three different situations in which businesses may find themselves and how people in my buy-sell world look at them. Losing money. Recent…
July 3, 2014
Communicating – Stories Create Emotion
As I mentioned last week, Lucas Mack with 4th Avenue Media presented to a group of my clients and me recently. The first thing I wrote down…
