Category Archives: The Personal Side

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10 Reasons That Businesses Change Ownership

Ownership and management transitions for business owners are key topics of this blog. Sometimes, however, when I talk to business owners, they tend to believe that their businesses will be immune to the processes I’m talking about. After all, a few of us are going to live together, right? To put the concept of business ownership into perspective, this post discusses 10 reasons that business ownership changes hands. The list is not all-inclusive, but perhaps, as you read down the list, you will begin to see that this ownership transition thing could actually happen to you.

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Where Have I Been?

My blogging activity recently has been a bit slow.  I haven’t learned the art, if that is what it is, of blogging during intense periods of work.  This post is offered as a form of apology for my absence from ChrisMercer.net. I was in Tokyo earlier this month and spoke on the topic of “The […]

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International Valuation Standards Council’s Annual Meetings in Tokyo

The International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) is having its Annual General Meeting in Tokyo this week.  The Professional Board and Standards Board will hold their public meetings this week.  The Board of Trustees will also meet and participate in the Annual General Meeting.  In addition, there will be a meeting of the IVSC Advisory Forum, […]

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Can You Name Your Demon?

We all have demons. This post discusses our professional, rather than personal, demons. The lesson is that if we name them, we can begin to do something about them. We can take the little steps that get the stone moving to the point where it has (or you have) momentum. And when you have momentum, you can leave your demons behind.

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Miles Mason has Excellent Divorce Reference Book

Miles Mason, Sr., of the Miles Mason Family Law Group in Memphis, has written a book, The Tennessee Divorce Client’s Handbook, is a great primer for divorcing persons and for anyone who has not yet started but is contemplating divorce. As a divorce attorney, his basic advice is “think seriously before you enter into this […]

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Prayer of the Children for Newtown, Connecticut and Everyone

In light of the events of December 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut, the Memphis Men’s Chorale, of which I am a member, offers our Prayer of the Children in honor and memory of the children and teachers who were killed, and for their families and friends — indeed for the millions everywhere who have been so deeply charred and jarred by this tragedy.

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Video: NACVA Conversations with the Masters

In June 2010, I participated in the video interview series “Conversations with the Masters,” hosted by Brien K. Jones of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA). In the first part of the interview, filmed at the NACVA/IBA Annual Consultants’ Conference in Miami, Brien and I discuss the growing influence of LinkedIn and how […]