Over the past 16 years I have written this newsletter, I haven’t previously published a special Memorial Day edition. Perhaps that is because so many others publish on the meaning of various holidays or maybe because I’ve never written on …
I’ve been writing these posts monthly since April 2006. My intent has always been to provide something that is thought provoking and educational. As I write this post during the worldwide outbreak of Covid-19 my goal is the same while …
My regular readers know that this monthly newsletter almost always comes out on the last day or two of the month. Coming out mid-month makes this a somewhat special edition. There are numerous messages about Covid-19 with almost every business …
It’s never a bad time to set goals but in the world of corporate and financial planning a lot of it happens in the last few months of the calendar year that is winding down and the first month of …
I usually don’t publish something in December dedicated to the turn of the calendar but with the change of the decade, I was thinking about what it means to be more well-rounded. I don’t pretend to have mastered the concept, …
Several years ago, we were vacationing in Florida and I rented a power boat for a few hours. I suppose my boating skills were a little rusty and I was definitely in unfamiliar waters. As we cruised up to a …
No one can predict the future (or at least not that I know of) but businesses need some line of sight into what tomorrow might bring. Note that I used the word “might”. Although no one can know with certainty …
Today, I celebrate the ten year anniversary of my Finance Matters newsletter. When I started this venture, I tried to come up with a dozen topics so that I could make it through the first year. I got to ten …
I work with companies in all stages of development but have recently had several discussions with clients about the characteristics of a mature company. So, without further ado and fanfare, below is my list of 10 characteristics that I consider …
This is the time of year when many look back over the past. But I think it’s important to have a reason to look back and it’s not just to reminisce. Rather, it should be to perform some analysis of …
