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Excerpt from “Characters”. Character 1: Partner

Excerpt from “Characters”. Character 1: Partner

by Michael Best | Jul 31, 2022 | Articles and excerpts

Picture yourself in a cottage in the woods. The sound of the lake lapping the sandy shore drifts in through the screen door on the warm, loamy forest air. A chipmunk scurries about on the wooden deck and beyond that, a solitary fisherman sits in a small aluminum...
Excerpt from “Characters”. Character 2: Banker

Excerpt from “Characters”. Character 2: Banker

by Michael Best | Jul 30, 2022 | Articles and excerpts

If you’ve not yet experienced business banking, you might be wondering whether it’s an exaggeration to suggest that bankers and small business owners dwell in different worlds. Be assured, it’s not. Bankers live in a nine-to-five bureaucratic world of policies and...

Excerpt from “Characters”. Character 3: Accountant

by Michael Best | Jul 29, 2022 | Articles and excerpts

The vexing issue of discounting Any accountant in public practice can tell you about small business owners who make decisions on everyday business matters influenced more by what everyone else is doing rather than by the impact the decision will have on their...
Excerpt from “Characters”. Character 4: Lawyer

Excerpt from “Characters”. Character 4: Lawyer

by Michael Best | Jul 28, 2022 | Articles and excerpts

On the day of the hearing David and I were seated in awkward silence in a courtroom awaiting the judge’s arrival. The judge entered, introduced herself, settled down behind an elevated bench and stared down at us over the top of reading glasses perched on the tip of...

Excerpt from “Characters”. Character 5: Financier

by Michael Best | Jul 27, 2022 | Articles and excerpts

“This Wednesdays’s Lotto 6/49 jackpot is twelve million dollars. What would you do with Twelve million dollars?” asks a smarmy male voice. An animated female voice replies, “Maybe I’ll open my own business . . .” I reach for the car...
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