Simple. There’s always acquisition money around, even when start-up capital isn’t available. You might have the greatest start-up in the world, just gaining traction, and there’s a competitor or strategic alliance that might be the very thing to catapult your start-up to the stratosphere. Go for it. Set out to acquire that company holding the… Continue reading Think Global, Profit Local
Why A Start-up Might Acquire a Company
Simple. There’s always acquisition money around, even when start-up capital isn’t available. You might have the greatest start-up in the world, just gaining traction, and there’s a competitor or strategic alliance that might be the very thing to catapult your start-up to the stratosphere. Go for it. Set out to acquire that company holding the… Continue reading Why A Start-up Might Acquire a Company
Why Buy Outside of Your Core Area of Expertise
Why would you consider purchasing a company that is in a segment that you know nothing about, and it doesn’t seem like a synergistic opportunity? Because the purpose of growing businesses is GROWTH, and none of us are smart enough to know where the economy is headed, nor the future mindset of consumers. So it’s… Continue reading Why Buy Outside of Your Core Area of Expertise
How’s the Fishing?
(or how to you differentiate between a “prospect” and a “suspect?” I get offered dozens of opportunities a day from every part of the globe. I cross off some immediately because they are dying industry segments……..some others because of geography or market conditions…………but I also have to sort out the “prospects” from the “suspects,” and… Continue reading How’s the Fishing?
Burn After Reading
Life and business these days, to me, is like living inside a Coen Brothers movie (Fargo, O Brother, No Country for Old Men)…….just when you think you have things all figured out, here comes another plot twist that throws everything you thought you could believe into a state of disbelief. Clients keep asking me “what… Continue reading Burn After Reading
Using Social Media to Prospect
“Social Media” the buzzwords of the year – Facebook, Myspace, Twitter….. all can be used as effective prospecting or educational tools for potential acquisitions, and if you aren’t using them to build your business, shame on you! Read this free white paper on what tools professional marketing people are using in social media, how much… Continue reading Using Social Media to Prospect
“Pre-Cooked Weight”
I often wish, ok, not that often, well, pretty often, ok ALL THE TIME…..that I would have started weighing McDonald’s burgers years ago so I could track the evolution of shrinkage. And the fishwich, as well, dammit! Anyway, today I picked up my first 1/3 pound* (*pre-cooked weight) (the box asterisk says “Guaranteed Pre-Cooked Weight… Continue reading “Pre-Cooked Weight”
UPS Brings A Treat!
My shipment of casings came today. I’ll be making weenies this weekend! (And an Italian sausage or two!)
Lincoln City, OR – Eleanor’s Undertow
Style Over Substance It used to be my favorite restaurants all had a phrase in common – “Most Major Credit Cards Accepted.” These days I look for places that have been around 25 years +, with bonus points for 50 years plus. Eleanor’s apparently falls into the former longevity category, at least according to the… Continue reading Lincoln City, OR – Eleanor’s Undertow
Portland – Jake’s Grill
Part of the McCormick & Schmick chain, which is based here, Jake’s Grill offers a menu similar to other M&S outlets, seafood, beef, and sandwiches. I opted for the “Kobe” Burger, which is, as Ihave whined about before here, really “Kobe-style”, or even “American raised Kobe”, and not actually Kobe Beef, not at $13 for… Continue reading Portland – Jake’s Grill