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Service Needs to be a Defensible Territory

The UN air strikes against Gaddafi’s forces raise an obvious question. Why Libya? Although we believe Qaddafi is a really bad guy, there are plenty of other players in North Africa and the Middle East that have to rank somewhere … Continue reading

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Recessions, Recoveries Bring Out the Sharks

This article appeared in the San Antonio Business Journal on Friday, March 4th A number of our business owner clients have been calling lately to ask about an offer that seems too good to be true. The owner gets a … Continue reading

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Does the Economy Affect Your Business?

I love this quote from Paul Krugman in a breakfast speech a few weeks ago. “The Financial Industry rolled along extending credit to everyone, until they had their Wiley Coyote moment. You know how that works. Wiley Coyote runs off … Continue reading

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Employee Incentives that Work

After four blogs on the long term motivations for running a business, perhaps it is time to return to some more practical advice. One of the most persistent issues for a business owner is trying to motivate employees with incentives. You install … Continue reading

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Lifestyle or Legacy – Part 3

Let’s turn to the Legacy Builders.They are the business owners who have achieved Lifestyle status (as defined in the last posting) but continue to work hard to build their businesses. Their objective is a company that does far more than … Continue reading

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One Response to Lifestyle or Legacy – Part 3

  1. Trina Hoefling says:

    Great series you're building here, John! Spot on. Thanks, Trina

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