Thoughts and Opinions
I live with the ups, the downs, the peaks, the valleys, the rewards and the occasional nightmares that impact scores of business owners. It is my passion. Some folks say it is my obsession. This is where I provide my personal thoughts and opinions on anything that might effect business owners.
- “Work From Anywhere” Comes Full Circle
 Work from anywhere was initially a boon for many employees. Now employers are catching up. - A Boss for the other 364
 Each year I reprint a post from 2013 about the underappreciated boss of A Christmas Carol, Mr. Fezziwig. I hope that you enjoy it. Merry Christmas!
This week was the 178th anniversary of the publication of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (December 17, 1843). The immortal words of Ebenezer Scrooge are ... - Supply Chains and Labor Shortages
 Supply chains and labor shortages are the chief topics among the 40 or so business owners I currently work with. Their anecdotes are widespread and widely varied. I wanted to know why, so I did some research on behalf of you, my business-owner readers.
Supply Chains
A broken foot was diagnosed at ... - Ebenezer Wasn’t the Only Boss
 Each year I reprint a post from 2013 about the underappreciated boss of A Christmas Carol, Mr. Fezziwig. I hope that you enjoy it. Merry Christmas!
This week was the 177th anniversary of the publication of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (December 17, 1843). The immortal words of Ebenezer Scrooge are ingrained ... - COVID Fatigue Unites Business Owners
 Dealing with COVID fatigue unites business owners. If that sounds strange to you, let me make my case. I’m not doing this to whine, but I want business owners who don’t have an existing support structure to know that they aren’t alone.
I facilitate several peer groups of business owners. For ... - School Daze and Business Owners
 “School Daze” is more than an old Spike Lee movie. It’s the latest “COVID-19 gift” as one of my clients facetiously refers to ancillary issues created by the pandemic. As employers, we are watching and waiting to see what new burdens are going to be foisted on us in the ... - Dirty Laundry and Taming the Media
 The longer this virus goes on, the more I am reminded of Don Henley’s 1982 song “Dirty Laundry.”
A friend and his wife declined an invitation to come over for a glass of wine (OK, maybe a bottle) on the back porch the other night. They were concerned about being with ... - Morlocks and Eloi and the Virus
 As I interact via Zoom and telephone with clients, family and friends, I keep thinking of H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine. As a life-long science fiction fan, I see our surreal living situations born of the world-wide coronavirus epidemic as separating us into different “classes” of people, who are quickly ... - They Called it a “Classic!”
 I’ve been meaning to share this review for a few weeks. Martin Zwilling is the founder of Startup Professionals and a contributor to Forbes, Business Insider, Inc. Magazine, The Huffington Post and Entrepreneur.
He recently posted a second review of my book Hunting in a Farmer’s World on AlleyWatch, the venture ... - Is Google Making Us Stoopid?
 As an Exit Planner, most of my engagements involve assessing a management team. They may be the intended buyers of the company, or else they are key factors in the saleability of the business.
The biggest and most frequent complaint I hear about managers is that they don’t know how to ...
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