• The Long Game

    I’ve wanted Ava to love golf since she was a baby…


  • February Reflections

    Helping business owners, a newsletter about names, and the search to buy a business…


  • January Reflections

    Avoiding the flu, reading Neil Gaiman, and the prototype iPhone from the early 1990’s…


  • 52 Weeks

    This is the 52nd issue of Sunday Shrooms…


  • Customer Experience

    I see a lot of upside in a steady business with a mediocre customer experience…


  • One Year Post-Exit

    Yesterday was the one year anniversary of the sale of our business…


  • The Magic of Membership

    They stay because of the value that continues to be provided month after month…


  • Deal Acrobatics

    If you’re doing acrobatics to make the deal work, it’s not the one…


  • The Weekly Newsletter

    Yesterday a friend asked me if I enjoy writing this newsletter…


  • To Buy or to Build

    I like the idea of buying something that already has traction and proven profitability…