The Hardest Lesson Learned!
I spent this past weekend in Florida with my parents. They’re 80 and retired from the paint business. My father took his 30-year turn...
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Mark Lipton
Aug 7, 20194 min read
HEADS MUST ROLL!
My fiancée Gaetana and I (for my newest followers, we call her Guy) have a different intellectual perspective about things. In nearly...
Mark Lipton
Jul 31, 20195 min read
You Call This Working?
I remember as a kid, I would often go to work with my father at his paint store. In-fact in my family, it wasn’t even work to go to the...
Mark Lipton
Jul 24, 20193 min read
Everything Is Just Peachy!
I had an argument with my fiancée this past weekend. Not really an argument so much as a conversation; where we were not in agreement! We...
Mark Lipton
Jul 17, 20194 min read
Welcome To The Family
My fiancée left me on Saturday! Before I start getting letters from the countless women out there who can’t resist a balding and ageing...
Mark Lipton
Jul 12, 20191 min read
Dan, HIS Words-Part 2!
My new podcast with Benjamin Moore CEO Dan Calkins is now uploaded on my site here (click the podcast link in the menu bar). It should...
Mark Lipton
Jul 11, 20199 min read
Who Left The Peanut Butter Opened?
In the Lipton family, my mother’s cooking is legendary. It's a testament to the human intestinal track that all four of us are still...
Mark Lipton
Jul 10, 20191 min read
IMMEDIATE RELEASE!! BENJAMIN MOORE ANNOUNCES....
IMMEDIATE RELEASE-BENJAMIN MOORE Benjamin Moore has just announced that it has inked a deal with Ace to become the hardware group’s...
Mark Lipton
Jul 9, 20192 min read
You're Going To Have To Wait!
My daughter is home for the week and I’m so excited to have her back! I miss her when she’s away at school and besides; I need the...
Mark Lipton
Jul 3, 20194 min read
The Language Barrier!
Lipton’s use a different language than the one’s that most people use. The other day, I was speaking with my mother. She asked me, “Have...
Mark Lipton
Jun 26, 20193 min read
Monday: One. Lipton: Nothing!
I love making fun of my family-and for good reason! With my fiancée Guy, I often feel like I’m the only person in the audience for a...
Mark Lipton
Jun 19, 20195 min read
Into The Woods!
My daughter is from that generation: The one where all needs their are met and problems all solved by pressing a button! They have no...
Mark Lipton
Jun 13, 20193 min read
New Podcast Episode!
I met Mike Beaudoin before he became involved with AllPro. He was working for a local distributor we deal with and everyone spoke of him...
Mark Lipton
Jun 12, 20193 min read
Hey! What's YOUR Problem?
My favorite types of problems are OTHER people’s problems! Coming home from work today, I could not help but notice an enormous air...
Mark Lipton
Jun 5, 20194 min read
Excuses, Excuses!
My (business) life has changed fundamentally since I started doing this blog late November of last year. Up until then, I was a basically...
Mark Lipton
May 29, 20193 min read
Who You Calling a Punk?
I’m sort of a nickname-making machine. Everybody in my life gets one: most get more than one. In-fact, if you’re in my life...
Harry Adler
May 22, 20194 min read
Who Is The Brand? (Guest Column)
‘What is the value in independent paint dealers building their own brand? Is your brand YOUR name on the door or theirs: theirs being the...
Mark Lipton
May 22, 20193 min read
Don't Get Caught In The Rain!
Lying in bed the other night, just about dozing off I heard “Oh no!” from my fiancée’s side of the bed. “Everything ok” I asked? Hoping...
Mark Lipton
May 15, 20194 min read
When Date Night Goes Bad!
Last night when my fiancée Gaetana (pronounced Guy-tah-nuh: we call her Guy for short) got home from work, I was still upstairs in my...
Mark Lipton
May 8, 20194 min read
What Happens In Vegas (Greetings From NHS)!
I always liked the word opportunistic: more specifically, it always moved me. Even as a kid before I knew what it meant to be...
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