Is your mail box full? Ours is – everyday! Do you read all your email? We don’t. And for good reason, there’s just too much! Most of it’s junk and as a result, we unfortunately miss a lot of important stuff. We have several quick scanning strategies we’re sure you’ve discovered, like looking for senders […]

All startups agree on one thing: They need more money. Over the past decade, we’ve worked with many startups. Even though we offer three decades of hard knocks business experience and a ton of contacts, what do you think is the first thing they want from us? You guessed it, money! They typically ask for […]

As we start out the new year, you can bet you’re going to be involved in a lot of meetings. The question is, “Are those meetings necessary and effective?” Because if they’re not, you’re just about ready to spend a lot of time, effort, and money taking people away from being productive so they can […]

 One of the biggest challenges that entrepreneurs face is not coming up with a good idea as much as it is deciding on which one of their good ideas they want to focus on. You don’t want to put all your eggs in one basket, but you don’t want to be so distracted that you […]

We work as advisors to help businesses monetize their brand equity. In other words, we use our considerable experience having built and sold a business to help a select group of businesses do the same. But how do we select our clients? And what do we look for? We look for the factors that we […]

Want to sell more this year? Of course you do! Without sales, you don’t need production or even marketing. In fact, your whole company is supported by sales. We like to say, “Regardless of what their organization chart says, all companies only have only two divisions, Sales and Sale Support!” in other words, if you’re […]

M&B were interviewed on “The Nice Guys” podcast by host, Doug Sandler. To listen to the interview, please visit The Nice Guys Podcast                 

Drawing Investors’ Attention Possibly the biggest challenge that entrepreneurs face is not raising capital. It’s getting the people with the capital to sit still for a presentation! Most of them see hundreds of presentations, have very short attention spans, and may turn down a perfectly good business proposition simply because they can’t stay interested long […]

We’ve often said, “If you really want to change things, put a buck on it.” That philosophy has been recently documented by Nielsen, the leader in CPG market data. The biggest mega trend we see for 2019 is being driven by consumers who want to “vote with their purchases.” They are increasingly demanding transparency from CPG […]

Michael was interviewed on “Manage Smarter” by hosts, Audrey Strong & C. Lee Smith. To listen to the interview, please visit Manage Smarter