June 25, 2025
Know Your Numbers
The main frontpage headline of the May 18 Seattle Times was about how the Seattle Public Schools bought land 40 years ago anticipating the need…
June 18, 2025
Gardens Grow; So Should Businesses
One key factor to increasing a business’ value is growth. Show you can grow and keep growing. Don’t coast, because you can only coast downhill.…
May 28, 2025
Thoughts on Tariffs and Small Business
As I write this on April 21, the stock market indexes are all down about 3%. My skepticism wonders if the market being driven down…
May 21, 2025
Does Anybody Know What’s Happening?
In the April 14, 2024 WSJ Andy Kessler writes one of the best columns I’ve seen on why what’s coming out of D.C. is dangerous…
May 14, 2025
Know Your Competitive Advantage
There was a WSJ headline recently about how P&G has surpassed Unilever, and it stated they did it by building on their strengths, i.e. their…
May 7, 2025
Win-Lose or Win-Win
I got a newsletter with the title, “Win-Lose Thinking Is for Losers.” It states the real game isn’t you vs. them but you vs. who…
April 9, 2025
The Need for Adult Supervision Never Ends
Preface – while in Antigua on our service project a local Rotarian recommended some restaurants to us (her firm grows hydroponic greens, so she knows…
April 2, 2025
There are Lessons Everywhere
One can always learn from experiences and our annual trip to work in the schools in Antigua is a great example. Here are three things…
March 26, 2025
Make the World a Better Place
When I (John) wrote this I was in Antigua for our annual Rotary service project working in the schools. We shipped 1,500 laptops computers plus…
