One of the great tragedies in life is that most people forget what it is they set out to accomplish.  In business, this phenomenon manifests itself most often as a man or woman who starts their own company to gain financial independence and control over their time only to find himself slavishly devoted to growing [...]

When managers talk about record profits, they often leave out one crucial detail that would allow shareholders and owners to view their performance in a more honest light: the change in capital at work in the enterprise.  This seemingly small detail is actually one of the most important numbers any analyst, executive, owner, or lender [...]

Every year, I read tens of thousands of pages of financial reports, SEC filings, business proposals, expansion requests, and everything else you can imagine relating to our businesses and my job as the chief capital allocator (which is, after all, the primary job of the CEO). It takes a lot to raise my eyebrows [...]

The expansion of the e-commerce sites that make up part of the Kennon Green Enterprises family of businesses continued in the third quarter as Just Baby Gifts and MOA Team Supply went live and Kennon Home Accessories launched an ambitious expansion into the fine writing and jewelry business, becoming an authorized dealer that will begin [...]

We are thrilled to announce the addition of Aurora fine writing instruments to the line of products offered at both Kennon Home Accessories and our retail store, Kennon & Company.  The Italian manufacturer of luxury fountain pens, rollerball pens, and ballpoint pens is going to be one of the flagship offerings in our expansion into the [...]