cremation
Earlier in April Parting Stone and its CEO Justin Crowe appeared on an episode of Shark Tank looking for potential investors to help move the company along into the mainstream of post-cremation remains options. And, while that happened as the company took an investment offer from well known Sharks Kevin O’Leary and Lori…
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I’ve been maligned and others in the profession have told me I am wrong when I say the funeral directors and funeral home owners can be “Entrepreneurial”. Several people have dropped me notes or emails that tell me I am “dead wrong” and death care is a business that is not entrepreneurial, but…
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Last week I came across this article from The Hill entitled, “Two million people fled America’s big cities from 2020 to 2022”. If you have read my articles for anytime now you will understand that when I look at an article like that usually the first thing that comes to mind for me…
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Mental health, physical health, and business health are all important aspects of how we perform. This week you can learn about all of those subjects and how to stay in peak performance throught webinars and support meetings put on by your colleagues in the greater death care network. Here’s what’s up this…
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Over the weekend I started reading death care industry consultant Alan Creedy’s new book entitled, “Finish Well“. I really enjoying the read, but so far have not gotten too far into the subject matter so I will save a review until another time. However, in describing most family funeral homes in…
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According to Wikipedia, which may or may not be accurate at this date, Co-op Funeralcare in Great Britain operates over 1,000 funeral homes in Great Britain and Dignity plc operates about 795 facilities across the same landscape. If you assume that those numbers are somewhat accurate you would then surmise that Dignity plc…
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I’m no expert on this subject so this column will ask a lot of questions but probably won’t answer many. It’s an exercise that I like to do once in a while because it really causes me to think deeply. I hope it does the same for you. In my days as…
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Disagreements can be a part of any transaction. Today I’ll touch on a lawsuit that was filed last week that once again shows the importance of due diligence being necessary in any transaction. Last week we learned through this Wall Street Journal article that Mexican funeral service provider Servicios Funerarios had filed…
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Last week death care conglomerate Security National Financial Corporation reported their 2022 Year End results. As I was reading the press release, which you can access here, it occurred to me that their businesses were affected exactly as you would have thought considering the happenings in America’s business and social environments during…
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We are blessed to live in a country which allows for religious freedom. And, when you work as a funeral director helping those who have lost loved ones to death, it’s a privilege to help even when those client families don’t believe as you do. However, have you ever thought about those…
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