Small and/or Family Owned Business

He is amazing. Buying Bank of America ( BAC ) stock. I actually bought it BEFORE I knew about his arrangement to invest $5 Billion (almost a...

August 2 nd . What should small business do? In a word, NOTHING . This thing will get resolved. Come on. the United States of America has be...

A monster has been created! My wife has started a blog. It is really good. Not much about business, but a lot about her and the family. Sh...

I am going to come back and begin this blog again. Is there anyone out there still following me?

It has been awhile since I have blogged. I have missed it but Pat had breast cancer surgery several times and that has kept me busy. Also, I...

Well, here we go into 2010. I am ready for 2010. 2009 was not that bad especially healthwise , but I need 2010 to be better. I really would...

Actually, there are 3 amazing business principles to pass to you from the far reaches of the great intellect and superb intelligence. These...

I just read a good article about Sprint (stock symbol "S"). I have had an order to buy in for about a month at what I thought was...

When I was growing up, my Mom went to the grocery store weekly. Usually we walked there or, if she had some money, we took a cab. We did n...

I like Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin . She is honest and a breath of fresh air, I think. Also, she has run something and been involve...

Amazing how many small and family owned businesses are so afraid to do anything. Now is the time folks. Now is the time. Once this recove...

That is a question I would like to ask President Obama and anyone on his staff. They do not have a clue. NOT A CLUE! Cap & Trade, Sti...

Well some interesting things have happened recently from a business standpoint. Huge amount of stimulus money from our benevolent dictator ...

I have not written for a long time. I have been trying to decide what to do. Initially, it was intention to write a blog to small and fami...

My wife and I have been sick. Usually we are sick and tired. Sick and tired of ObamaCare . Sick and tired of representation in Washington...

I am back after a short hiatus. My wife and I celebrated our 43rd anniversary with our kids and grandkids and it was very enjoyable. I love...

Mr. Dreiske , as lenders called him, understood what most well educated, small and family owned business people do not understand. Debt is ...

Don is a very, very tough businessman in the sense that he very seldom, maybe never, just bought something. Almost always he got bids or che...

Don's business philosophy was simple. Make money, lots of money!Do it with integrity, do it with the help of your team, take care of th...

You are probably asking yourself, "Who is the heck is Don Dreiske "? Well in the next 2 or 3 posts I am going to tell you. Today i...

You are, by now, well informed on the governments "Cash for Clunkers" program where you can get up to $4500 if you trade in your o...

Recently, I needed to have the exterior of my house painted. We looked around for painters thinking that we would find someone who needed t...

Well here we go again. Another emergency! The health care reform bill MUST be passed before Congress goes on break! Why? They will be back i...

Fox Business News is really very good. However , they are disjointed and seem to be not very well put together. Less, shall we say, professi...

Do any of you that read this blog watch Nightly Business Report on PBS or Fox Business Network. Both are excellent. Although they tend to de...

Is anyone reading this blog? Huh? I have always asked for comments and one of two things is abundantly clear: 1. Everything I say is perfect...

Yesterday, the numbers came out for car sales. They were generally dismal. Chrysler down 41%, GM down 33%, Toyota down 33% and Ford down 11%...

If the government decides to "manage" health care in this country, do you have a plan? Of course you don't because we do not ...

I really do like Baseball. I coached little league for 11 years for my youngest Son. It was great fun but I did not do it because I like B...

From a small business perspective, what is up with the Chrysler bankruptcy deal? Everyone looks at Chrysler because they will end up "l...

A tax on health insurance. Sound familiar. Remember John McCain's proposal? This proposal is worse. Only when McCain proposed it Oba...

I like buying from and getting to know various small and family owned businesses. Recently, a small business that I consult with regularly r...

My nephew Scott handles my investments for me. They are meager but important to me and my wife. He sent me an e-mail today that said "A...

Is it too soon for you to evaluate, as a small or family owned business, President Obama on his job as President based on the first 100 day...

What do you do to protect your employees. Not only protect them physically, but protect the employees who really make your business run. M...

I guess now that the stimulus plan is semi-implemented, your employees are much better off with the reduction in their employee withholding....

If you cannot get money from your bank and the amount you need is just to small for the big guys like General Electric Capital, Barclay'...

Recently the government fired the GM CEO. Appalling! What Obama and his cronies will say is that they were protecting the taxpayers money th...

Depending on the type of business you are in and depending on what you have for collateral and depending on how good your credit is, there m...

If you are a small or family owned business looking for short term borrowing for inventory, a capital purchase, cover payroll, buy a compute...