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Lessons for Small Businesses from “The Other Guy Blinked: How Pepsi Won the Cola Wars”

March 7, 2025 by Michael Shea PA

Pepsi embraced its underdog status, framing itself as the scrappy, youthful challenger to Coke’s stodgy giant. This narrative resonated with consumers and kept Pepsi in the game. Small businesses often feel dwarfed by larger competitors, but that’s not a flaw—it’s an opportunity

Filed Under: Business Management Tips, Buy a Business, Selling A Business, Selling Your Company, Tampa Business Sales Tagged With: big, blink, businessbroker, coke, lessons, pepsi, power, small, tampa, Transworld

Nerds…they know a thing or two so listen and learn

August 27, 2024 by Michael Shea PA

Lets Nerd Out A Little Nerds…they know a thing or two so listen and learn Michael Shea PA Senior Partner | Business Broker @ Transworld Business Advisors August 27, 2024 I’m a bit of a nerd….my father-in-law used to call me Socrates as I would go off on tangents of inane data points and history […]

Filed Under: Business Management Tips, Buy a Business Tagged With: businessbroker, gametheory, lessons, montyhall, smallbusiness, Transworld

A Bronx Tale: Gangster Lessons

October 6, 2023 by Michael Shea PA

I love the scene because I see people argue in deals of small amounts of money. They banter about “principle”.  The genius of the advice here is that a) “C” learned a valuable lesson on who to lend money to b) the cost of $20 removed a person of poor character from his life for a nominal amount c) and that sometimes mistakes can be turned into learning events and benefits.

Filed Under: Business Management Tips Tagged With: abronxtale, leadership, lessons, michaelshea, mobster, tampabusinessbroker

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