Two Classes of Stock

I find it interesting when public or private companies have two classes of stock.  The purpose it always for the same reason, for the power of the company to be under the control of just a few. I have worked with clients of Wrigley stock, the employees were issued...

$0 to $10,000,000

When I am talking to prospective clients they are sometimes surprised when they ask about our other clients. We work with a wide variety of clients some are start-ups and others are multi-generational companies.  They all need to be flexible and need to change with...

Academic approach to business

I was introduced to a small business owner a while ago who seemingly was approaching their start-up from a completely academic manner, or in other words they read some books on how to start a business and then started a business. What was odd is that this is not...

Spousal Support

When I have someone coming in explaining that they want to start a business, I like to meet the prospective entrepreneur along with their spouse. If I am lucky and they both come in, when I am asking questions of the would be entrepreneur I am looking at the spouses...

Value Statement

Does your business have a value statement? Should your business have a one?  The broad definition is: A declaration that informs the customers and staff of a business about the firm’s top priorities and what its core beliefs are. Companies often use a value...

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