by - November 24, 2024 11:12 am
I have started, run and invested in a wide variety of businesses over the past 45 years. Income-generating real estate-wise, I owned residential rentals going back nearly 20 years. But…
by - July 7, 2024 10:21 am
If there is one common thread among small business owners I have observed over the past 44 years of my career – especially those who aren’t very successful — it…
by - April 11, 2024 11:09 am
As a small business owner and real estate investor, I regularly talk with my friends who are also into it, and what rates we are paying on various types of…
by - January 22, 2024 2:10 pm
As someone who has been the founder of a half dozen businesses, the co-founder of several others, an owner in a half dozen more, an outside board member in still…
by - December 21, 2023 9:26 am
The other day, I thought about what I wanted to say in this last column of the year. And what immediately came to mind was wanting to ask some common…
by - November 26, 2023 10:53 am
I’m usually bullish on my outlook for almost everything in Northwest Arkansas. Our area keeps growing, and we continue to outperform the rest of our state and nation regarding job…
by - October 12, 2023 10:50 am
I have always owned more than one business and have been a minority investor in other privately held companies. My experience is that even if you know how to make…
by - August 31, 2023 11:59 am
Eight to 10 years ago, I got a call from a client of our firm who wanted my help setting up an actual board of directors (BOD) for their privately…
by - July 9, 2023 9:43 am
Most, if not all, local small businesses in Northwest Arkansas that are struggling or have failed can be attributed to their lack of marketing and advertising efforts, which becomes evident…
by - May 29, 2023 5:54 am
It’s always driven me a little bit batty that the business media and pop culture seem to think entrepreneurship is only about starting businesses. It seems like everyone forgets that…
by - April 1, 2023 10:41 am
My brother-in-law and sister-in-law were visiting us from New Mexico recently, and we decided to take them and our two youngest girls to dinner in Fayetteville. While my wife and…
by - March 19, 2023 9:09 am
When you see how the media portray entrepreneurship, you would likely think that entrepreneurship is all about idea generation, startups, and the almost-instant raising of equity capital while the founders…
by - February 5, 2023 10:29 am
I spent my 43-year professional career working in or for architecture and engineering (AE) firms. I have been an owner in four of them, a board member in several more,…
by - December 25, 2022 8:51 am
I went by my friend Burt Hanna’s new candle factory in Fayetteville the other day. Since he was kind enough to read a draft copy of my new book, “Confessions…
by - November 15, 2022 10:40 am
Will we have a recession? Are we already in a recession? I don’t know. I’m not an economist. Even if we have a recession — far from a certainty —…
by - September 28, 2022 10:50 am
With the current issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal focused on accounting and finance — two subjects near and dear to my heart as someone who teaches in a…
by - August 16, 2022 8:20 am
Let’s face it. If you can be successful in your field before turning 40, you have a lot of runway left to become even more successful later in life. It’s…
by - July 12, 2022 1:20 pm
Marketing and promotion are not two strengths that most small businesses can claim. My experience is that most small business owners think most marketing and promotion dollars are dollars wasted,…
by - May 31, 2022 8:30 am
I was taking my morning shower the other day. After the shocking realization that my body looks like I swallowed a Thanksgiving Turkey (in its entirety) wore off, I started…
by - April 20, 2022 10:37 am
I have had several businesses and worked with many banks over the years. I always tried to see my banker as a business partner. We had the same interests. The…
