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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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How prepared are you to exit your company?
The Assessment breaks down the four major categories of exit readiness; Finance, Planning, Operations and Revenue/Profit.
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The Only Number that Counts
The retirement of a generation of entrepreneurs (see www.theboomerbust.com) is an event unique in our history, or in anyone’s history for that matter. What we are about to experience is inevitable, and those who are unprepared are in for a … Continue reading
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What is Your Company Worth?
A business owner hires a financial planner to help him with his retirement options. They review the owner’s current assets, his house, stock portfolio and other investments. They go over his insurance coverage. Then the planner asks, “What about your company? How … Continue reading
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Boomer Business Owners’ Retirement Accelerates
Pepperdine University, in cooperation with the International Business Brokers Association and the M&A Source, publishes a quarterly Market Pulse Survey on the sale of small businesses in the United States. The most recent report, covering the fourth quarter of 2012, … Continue reading
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I don’t stay in the usa but I agree with you on the matter their is a big differ from.genx and the land wil provide a harder operation to the genx than before or ever
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Great post — as per normal — thanks John.
I am intrigued by your “Woodstock” password. Is this a reference to Snoopy’s indefatigable secretary? Or to your misty memories of a certain festival in the ’60s?
I think we should be told…….
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Small Business and BIG Taxes – Timing is Everything
This column typically focuses on the issues of running a business, especially those that revolve around leading employees and growing profits. When I am consulting on issues that include tax planning, I am supposed to include a “Circular 230 Disclaimer”, … Continue reading
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The Road Less Traveled
Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Perhaps Robert Frost’s famous poem isn’t a perfect expression of what I am … Continue reading
John..you continue to be a mirror. Well stated, I’ll look for the book on Amazon.
You now know one business owner who thinks the downturn is over. 2013 numbers have blown our 2012 numbers out of the park. I do give you kudos for the first 80% of your article. We have met the enemy and it is us.
Well done, John. I appreciate your hardwork. I hope more business will bloom this year 2014. I will grab a copy of “Hunting in a Farmer’s World: Celebrating the Mind of an Entrepreneur” on Amazon. Great job!