We just attended a Bend Venture Conference event this past week (in Bend, Oregon) that included many angel investors on...
Articles by Catherine Oak and Bill Schoeffler
One of Oak & Associates’ key clients in Oregon, Blake Schellenberg of RPIS wrote a newsletter to their clients outlining...
The merger and acquisition arena has never been this busy. All deals currently on the table and many more sellers...
The insurance industry is so intertwined with the economy and society. Any noticeable change in either will have impacts on...
Let’s face it, insurance is a commodity. The insurance consumer will not see any significant value difference between insurance companies...
Much of life is a sales process. At some point in every relationship we are, in effect, negotiating, selling and...
Much of life is a sales process. At some point in every relationship, we are, in effect, negotiating, selling and...
How to Get Employees to Do What You Want We just finished the book “Influencer: The Power to Change Anything”...
After reading Walter Isaacson’s great book about Steve Jobs, I began to imagine: What would Steve Jobs do if he...
Personnel expenses remain the largest expense for any independent insurance agency today. Typically, personnel expenses account for about 50 percent...