A collection of blogs and other writings
from John Ellsworth
Even More Ways to Achieve Financial Success
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Do You Have the Advantage?February 25, 2025 - 5:47 pm
Is It Time to Go?February 13, 2025 - 3:00 pm
What is Your Mission This Year?January 28, 2025 - 5:55 pm
Are You a Visionary Entrepreneur?January 8, 2025 - 12:11 pm
What Does Your Future Hold?December 26, 2024 - 10:30 am
Oh, the Interesting Things People Say About Financing!
I’d like to share with you a story of two Clients in two different industries, who were in two very unique situations but both needed financing.
Can’t, Can’t, Can’t…
Business advisors George Ford and Gordon Lippitt summed it up best: “Some self-confronting questions: ‘Where do I want to be at any given time?’ ‘How am I going to get there?’ ‘What do I have to do to get myself from where I am to where I want to be?’ ‘What’s the first, small step I can take to get moving?’”
Days of the Handshake Are Gone
The savings and loan debacle of the 1980’s changed forever how banks were required to document and monitor loans. 2008’s financial meltdown simply amplified this same effect.
Circumstances You Determine
Do you feel like your lender is being tough on you? Welcome to the new world of dairy finance.
Playing to Win
“Wow! Isn’t that exactly what we are facing in the dairy industry almost every year?”
Building a World Class Team! – Part I
At a Leadership Conference at Duke University several years ago, I enjoyed a keynote address given by Duke University’s head basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski entitled “Building a World Class Team.”