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from John Ellsworth
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Are You a Visionary Entrepreneur?January 8, 2025 - 12:11 pm
What Does Your Future Hold?December 26, 2024 - 10:30 am
What is the Secret to More Positive Cash Flow?December 6, 2024 - 1:25 pm
Are We Getting Too Comfortable?November 26, 2024 - 6:11 pm
Why Aren’t You Dancing in the Rain?November 12, 2024 - 12:28 pm
Are You Facing Adversity?
Lots of people are facing challenges today. Some of these are financial, and some are managerial. They are asking what they can do & why things do not work – they used to. The challenges of these times are not for the faint of heart.
How Can I Decide?
Decision making can be a genuine challenge today for several reasons. Sometimes, we have too much information. Often, we are afraid we might make a mistake (Oh, heavens…).
What Do I Do Now?
So, “what do I do now” is a question many producers are asking today. Should I sell out while asset values are elevated to new highs? Will there ever be a better time to exit?
How Do You Spell Relief?
The last few years have been fairly challenging in terms of inflation, the resulting higher interest rates, considerably higher operating costs and only average revenue streams to offset these higher expenses. It’s been a classic “Cash Flow Squeeze.”
How Do You Prefer to Spell It?
I was recently thinking about two words that are quite similar. Those words are Creative and Reactive. They contain the same letters but have different meanings. In business, as in life, they represent vastly different approaches. Let me provide you with some real-life business examples: As you consider these comparisons, which one best describes you […]
What If They Left?
About five years ago, I suggested that banks were making it more difficult to acquire operating lines of credit, especially in the dairy industry. In fact, I predicted…