Blogs about: Solving Difficult Business Problems
Do you need a lawyer for an SBA workout?
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Donald Todrin wrote 1 month ago: No, unless the lawyer is experienced in handling SBA workouts, then you are hiring him for the right … more »
Exit strategy, have one!
Donald Todrin wrote 1 month ago: The first moment you should be considering your exit strategy is when you are writing your business … more »
Find a market niche, exploit it and it becomes your competitive advantage.
Donald Todrin wrote 1 month ago: Here is a perfect example. I have a client who performs powder coating on metal…heat baked pai … more »
Seven steps to successfully handle complaints.
Donald Todrin wrote 1 month ago: I recently visited a client and while passing through the warehouse to get to the office, I happened … more »
Sales people cannot be allowed to manage themselves. They must be managed.
Donald Todrin wrote 1 month ago: Sales people are a special breed of people. They have a very difficult and important job to do and t … more »
Promote from within and train them to do the job.
Donald Todrin wrote 1 month ago: Lets face facts, most jobs can be taught to anyone with a solid work ethic, a willingness to learn a … more »
Tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth....it works.
Donald Todrin wrote 2 months ago: We have already discussed in other blog entry’s the requirements for living by ones own stan … more »
Striving for excellence or perfection, which is the right goal?
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Donald Todrin wrote 2 months ago: I have known entrepreneurs, who are skilled craftsmen, excellent service providers and are simply co … more »
In times of drastic change, opportunity abounds...for those who see it.
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Donald Todrin wrote 2 months ago: As the economy and its various commercial market places correct themselves, adjusting for the unpr … more »
My lifelong addiction to my best organizational support system...a blank book and my "man purse"
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Donald Todrin wrote 2 months ago: Yes, I am one of those men who carry a bag with me most everywhere I go. I admit it, some call it a … more »
In a workout situation, if Plan A fails, Plan B is better.
Donald Todrin wrote 2 months ago: It happens all the time. In a tough workout situation, the business owner does not want to confront … more »
IRS Offer in compromise or a payment program, choose your poison, but not both.
Donald Todrin wrote 2 months ago: If you have defaulted on your 941 payroll tax payments and have built up a debt and are now dealing … more »
If your business has tax liens...can you sell it or its assets to immediate family members?
Donald Todrin wrote 2 months ago: The IRS code says that transfers between immediate family members is deemed fraudulent on its face. … more »
No means yes...just not now. How many rejections until a sale is made?
Donald Todrin wrote 3 months ago: I have stated in other blog entry’s that in business “no” means “yes”, … more »
Negotiating a reasonable workout with the lawyers suing my clients, alot better then litigating.
Donald Todrin wrote 3 months ago: My clients were served with a law suit demanding payment of approximately $650,000. They were clearl … more »
What ever happened to personal standards and how does this affect your business?
Donald Todrin wrote 3 months ago: What ever happened to our personal standards, you know the value of our word, for example? It seems … more »
Workouts are a moving target. Be flexible and realistic, affordable losses is the goal..
Donald Todrin wrote 3 months ago: Workouts are part science, part art form, and very unpredictable. Please remember a person entering … more »
If your business is not making you money, its not worth saving...Kill it.
Donald Todrin wrote 3 months ago: Perhaps the greatest waste of assets, and time, and the cause of way to much personal sacrifice and … more »
Alter Ego companies, fraudulent transfers... this will not work when hiding assets from the IRS or bank.
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Donald Todrin wrote 3 months ago: Business owners will do much to protect themselves and their assets when in trouble. Sometimes its n … more »
