Tag Archives: Baby Boomers

Boomer Business Owners’ Retirement Accelerates

Posted on May 19, 2013 by John F. Dini

Pepperdine University, in cooperation with the International Business Brokers Association and the M&A Source, publishes a quarterly Market Pulse Survey on the sale of small businesses in the United States. The most recent report, covering the fourth quarter of 2012, … Continue Reading →

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Small Business and BIG Taxes – Timing is Everything

Posted on February 3, 2013 by John F. Dini

This column typically focuses on the issues of running a business, especially those that revolve around leading employees and growing profits. When I am consulting on issues that include tax planning, I am supposed to include a “Circular 230 Disclaimer”, … Continue Reading →

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Does Your Business Need to be Leaner and Meaner? (Part 1)

Posted on January 6, 2013 by John F. Dini

I’ve been surprised by the tone of my clients’ conversations since the beginning of the year. They want to get tougher. They want to plan more. They want to find the chinks in their armor, and sharpen their weapons. These … Continue Reading →

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The Road Less Traveled

Posted on May 13, 2012 by John F. Dini

Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Perhaps Robert Frost’s famous poem isn’t a perfect expression of what I am … Continue Reading →

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Choosing a Buyer for Your Business

Posted on May 6, 2012 by John F. Dini

You may be questioning this title. After talking in depth about the shortage of buyers over the next 10 years, the differences in values and work habits of Generation X, and the competition for ambitious people from better financed and … Continue Reading →

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Beating the Boomer Bust

Posted on April 29, 2012 by John F. Dini

We’ve looked at the coming generation of business buyers, and many things about that picture aren’t pretty. When I present to business owners about the Boomer Bust, this is around the time that someone in the audience says “So, are we just … Continue Reading →

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The Gen X Business Buyer

Posted on April 22, 2012 by John F. Dini

Generation X’ers aren’t mini-Boomers. Raised in a rapidly growing economy by parents that approached child rearing as a competitive activity, they saw more, did more, and were given more than their parents could have dreamed of. I took my first … Continue Reading →

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The X Factor

Posted on April 15, 2012 by John F. Dini

There are two sides to every business transaction, a buyer and a seller. For most of the last 50 years in America, the Baby Boomers have been the biggest buyers in history. They bought homes and cars to spur the … Continue Reading →

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Outsourcing America

Posted on April 8, 2012 by John F. Dini

The Baby Boomers created seismic shifts in American culture and economics throughout their lives. Their mere numbers caused much of the shift, but their competitiveness and commonality enhanced the impact at every stage of their lives. In the mid 1960’s, … Continue Reading →

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Work-Life Balance

Posted on April 1, 2012 by John F. Dini

The term “Work-Life Balance” is widely cited as first occurring in the United State in 1986 in a research paper. I can’t identify the specific source of this much-referred usage, but it is telling that it would pop up when the last … Continue Reading →

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The Brass Ring

Posted on March 25, 2012 by John F. Dini

A long, long time ago (I’ve actually ridden only one such in my lifetime) Carousels had a spring-loaded sleeve of brass rings protruding near the innermost (and least popular) track of horses. A bigger kid could lean out and yank … Continue Reading →

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The Pig in the Python

Posted on March 18, 2012 by John F. Dini

The title of this section refers to a well-known biological phenomenon. The python family of snakes have hinged jaws that allow them to swallow animals much larger than their heads. These animals are gradually consumed as they pass through the … Continue Reading →

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