Tuesday, March 16: XPX will hold its second annual Summit at Babson College. The day-long program, entitled Engage, Educate and Exit: Delivering Value to the Owner-Managed Business, will kick off with an interactive exercise on exit planning for a business owner that will allow participants to share ideas and work together on an exit planning case. The lunchtime keynote speaker will be Rob Slee, author of “Private Capital Markets”, “Midas Managers” and “Midas Markets”. Rob is an investment banker from Charlotte, NC. Kevin Mulvaney, who is a Babson professor and small business advisor, was so popular at last year’s Summit, we’ve invited him back to speak about credit and the current M&A environment. Between keynotes, attendees can choose three of nine breakout sessions around exit planning. Caturano and US Trust are the Platinum sponsors.

For more information and to register for these events, go to the XPX Boston website.

Two thought-provoking questions for business owners entering 2010. http://bit.ly/b3Lo0C 1:37 PM Jan 28th from bit.ly

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Great analysis in today’s NYT of the depressed M & A market in 2009 and reasons why. http://bit.ly/7ByqQT 9:34 AM Jan 3rd from bit.ly

NYT article today says 15 mill. homes in US under water (owe more than home is worth), an indicator of future trouble. http://bit.ly/54WdmM 12:34 PM Jan 2nd from bit.ly

2010 jobs outlook in MA better for IT, health care and education. Tough for manufacturing and construction. http://bit.ly/50ijA1 10:53 AM Jan 2nd from bit.ly

CareerBuilder survey indicates that most new company hires in 2010 will be in tech, customer service and sales. http://bit.ly/7um1nD 5:42 AM Dec 29th, 2009 from bit.ly

Smaller firms (<50 people) have accounted for 45% of all US job losses since recession began in 2007 — The Economist 11:07 AM Dec 26th, 2009 from web

Good NYT article indicating that hiring of temp workers is increasing. Will full-time employment soon rise as well? http://bit.ly/7yCuBe 6:46 AM Dec 21st, 2009 from bit.ly

Inc. Magazine’s Best Business Books for 2009 – gift ideas for your business owner clients? http://bit.ly/7WQUVK 5:26 AM Dec 17th, 2009 from bit.ly

Fortune Magazine’s Dumbest Moments in Business 2009 covers AIG, Chrysler, Goldman Sachs, Dubai and GM. What a year. http://bit.ly/5u8owk 9:16 PM Dec 16th, 2009 from bit.ly

At XPX Boston, Ken Serwinski of Prairie Cap. Adv. said banks will lend in ’10 because many missed revenue targets (and bonuses) in ’09. 10:24 AM Dec 11th, 2009 from web

Exit Planning Exchange – Boston event today (XPX) on outlook for 2010 M & A and personal investing 2010 – www.xpxboston.com 4:57 AM Dec 10th, 2009 from web

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Entrepreneurs of the decade according to Entrepreneur magazine – inspiration for business owners http://bit.ly/7WL0zJ 11:03 AM Dec 7th, 2009 from bit.ly Retweeted by you

Business owners merely restoring hours, using temps; hurt by no credit and avoiding risk: recipe for jobless recovery http://bit.ly/7gnsfS 5:42 AM Dec 5th, 2009 from bit.ly

In recent survey, MA medical device firms indicate they will hire / fill jobs first, then invest in capital equipment. http://bit.ly/6IO1Sb 8:58 AM Dec 3rd, 2009 from bit.ly

Why small business is not hiring — lack of credit, sales and confidence. More on the jobs issue at CNN Money – http://bit.ly/4VK8Bf 6:27 AM Dec 3rd, 2009 from bit.ly

Banks keep cutting loans and investing more and more into U.S. Treasuries. What will spur recovery? Not the banks. http://bit.ly/515phr 11:05 AM Dec 2nd, 2009 from bit.ly

US housing market still dismal as delinquencies reach record highs on top of increasing foreclosures http://bit.ly/tJ8D3 2:05 PM Nov 19th, 2009 from bit.ly

Exit Planning Exchange second annual all-day Summit planned for Tues., 3/16/2010 at Babson College. I’ll co-chair with Bonni DiMatteo. 6:47 AM Nov 18th, 2009 from web

“Job creation requires three C’s: cash flow, credit, and consumer confidence.” Short on all 3 now. Boston Business Journal editorial today. 7:30 AM Nov 13th, 2009 from web

Linked In updates and Twitter now connected – Here’s how: http://bit.ly/3bWlNI 10:43 AM Nov 12th, 2009 from bit.ly

Housing drives consumers; consumers drive the economy and there are still too many houses available – good analysis: http://bit.ly/2YGpyf 8:12 AM Nov 11th, 2009 from bit.ly

S&P economist says commercial lending will not loosen up until economy improves, despite TARP money to banks. 10:06 AM Nov 10th, 2009 from web

S&P economist says we need more creative disruption to raise level of jobs in US – and a lower dollar will help near term 5:06 PM Nov 4th, 2009 from web

Great story on long history of shockingly inept management at General Motors http://bit.ly/2JdPZv 9:31 PM Oct 21st, 2009 from bit.ly

Good article on jobs conundrum – what will spur the growth? http://bit.ly/NKP6E 4:59 PM Oct 21st, 2009 from bit.ly

A bank’s C Inv Officer this week described stimulus plan as designed to smooth the bumps on the bottom during the worst of the recession. 7:37 AM Oct 17th, 2009 from web

Economist today, “2 drivers for econ. recovery will be businesses investing for profit (hiring, equip.,expansion) and consumer confidence. 2:59 PM Oct 15th, 2009 from web

Bloomberg to buy Business Week from McGraw Hill for short money. Recession shakeout continues http://bit.ly/VTv8w 5:51 PM Oct 13th, 2009 from bit.ly

Tax incentive considered to help hiring http://bit.ly/aIjib 3:36 PM Oct 7th, 2009 from bit.ly

Article in Boston Business Journal re: local lending standards to businesses by commercial banks – anything changed? http://bit.ly/KeVwl 12:22 PM Oct 7th, 2009 from bit.ly

Good article in Boston Bus. Journal re: family businesses not getting to 3rd generation — not always a bad thing…http://bit.ly/XisYe 12:19 PM Oct 7th, 2009 from bit.ly

Today’s NYTimes article shows why credit will remain tight until securitzation markets improve http://bit.ly/imPJG 10:03 AM Oct 7th, 2009 from bit.ly

Another turnaround indicator? Outlook for advertising improves from “horrible” to just “bad” at NYC trade show http://bit.ly/oNbyY 6:37 AM Sep 28th, 2009 from bit.ly

Business is lean, fit and ready to grow — It’s not just me saying that. Business Week Oct. 5 …http://bit.ly/VR8p7 3:41 PM Sep 26th, 2009 from bit.ly

Inflation fears subside – good Business Week article http://bit.ly/pKE5V 2:40 PM Sep 22nd, 2009 from bit.ly

Puma and Adidas bury the hatchet after 60 years of feuding http://bit.ly/eNtzw 8:35 AM Sep 21st, 2009 from bit.ly

Great NYTimes article today about why electricity usage grows and grows in US – http://bit.ly/EvDFS 11:32 AM Sep 20th, 2009 from bit.ly

Good update on 1st half 2009 M&A market for small to medium businesses http://bit.ly/4WV3N 1:16 PM Sep 5th, 2009 from bit.ly

More evidence of an economic turnaround http://bit.ly/1X2JZa 10:06 AM Sep 2nd, 2009 from bit.ly

@JayHargis – Thanks for the note — I sent it along to a young friend who is job-seeking… 6:02 PM Aug 20th, 2009 from web in reply to JayHargis

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Upbeat economic news and outlook — no kidding — in this report from LPL Financial Advisors http://bit.ly/PHMyX 10:24 AM Jul 22nd, 2009 from bit.ly

Trying to answer question: Where will the economic growth come from? http://bit.ly/SSuWo 8:06 PM Jul 21st, 2009 from bit.ly

Article from AM&AA on excess of private equity funds available now to be invested. Lots raised in 2008, slow to invest http://bit.ly/AkqHP 12:20 PM Jul 16th, 2009 from bit.ly

Funny video – “I Hate My (Business) Partner” from Canadian firm Argosy which buys out troubled business partnerships – http://bit.ly/2riNxw 3:58 PM Jul 14th, 2009 from bit.ly

Great, thought-provoking column in Wash. Post from 1/09 about value of engineers over scientists to get things done http://bit.ly/wkLvw 11:06 AM Jul 14th, 2009 from bit.ly

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Good article in today’s NYTimes on a substantial German-family owned business and its struggles with potential layoffs http://bit.ly/HRusV 9:31 AM Jul 12th, 2009 from bit.ly

http://bit.ly/19aobI – good description of background and duties of Chief Customer Officer. Extra important in these times! 10:31 AM Jul 7th, 2009 from bit.ly