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As a business owner, you know what it’s like to lie awake at 2 a.m. Maybe it has happened when you are excited and full of new ideas for your business. More often, it’s because you are worried about issues you will face the next day. Sometimes, it’s because you just woke up with the solution to a problem. I’ve experienced all those emotions about my businesses over the years. Awake at 2 o’clock? is where I share them with you, and hopefully help with answers that will let you sleep.
John F. Dini, CExP, CEPA
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Small business owners are the Hunters of the 21st century. We are 3% of the US population, and yet we create over half of all American jobs. As Hunters, we may not be inclined to manage by the numbers or stick to systems. Are you a Hunter or a Farmer?
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Tag Archives: Boomer Bust
3 Responses to The Gen X Business Buyer
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3 Responses to The X Factor
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Understanding that the boomers boomed. How can you drive someone from the X generation to buy? What can the boomers do better to prepare for the sale to my generation?
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Extremely interesting topic. I’ve been following it since the first post “The Approaching Tidal Wave“. Would be very interested to see a look at the types of businesses Boomers are going to be selling as opposed to the types of businesses Gen X’ers are going to be looking for.
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John
As you point out , the gap is a valid risk. Add to the equation low valuations of assets and this long recession; not making exits easy.
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Outsourcing America
The Baby Boomers created seismic shifts in American culture and economics throughout their lives. Their mere numbers caused much of the shift, but their competitiveness and commonality enhanced the impact at every stage of their lives. In the mid 1960’s, … Continue reading
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Work-Life Balance
The term “Work-Life Balance” is widely cited as first occurring in the United State in 1986 in a research paper. I can’t identify the specific source of this much-referred usage, but it is telling that it would pop up when the last … Continue reading
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The Brass Ring
A long, long time ago (I’ve actually ridden only one such in my lifetime) Carousels had a spring-loaded sleeve of brass rings protruding near the innermost (and least popular) track of horses. A bigger kid could lean out and yank … Continue reading
3 Responses to The Brass Ring
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Thank you for your articles. I really like Awake at 2 o’clock in the Morning. That is when I started reading your articles. My husband and I were born about 10 and 8 years respectively before the Boomers. Because we were young children when this started, we didn’t really know what was happening. I would sure like to play catch up now and prepare for the scoietal changes that are coming.
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Very well researched article. Thank you Babby Boomers!
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You final sentence is spot on. Government regulation is moving small business owners back toward the corporate environment to secure health benefits and retirement plan opportunities that they can not afford as business owners. Corporations benefit from seasoned experienced small business employees closing the door to many college graduates.
Spot on John…well written.
I’m enjoying this series, and I follow your arguments and outlook. From my perspecitve, it is essential that business owners grow their business large enough to have middle managers, that gives them freedom and opportunity. They also have to invest to build value in their business, such as trademarks and solid, active, productive websites. I look forward to the rest of the series.
Nice article John. I have always said today kids are spoiled, but that does not mean they are not better off. What kid would not be happy being spoiled? I would had been.
I will try to come back to read more.
Russell