This is the eighth in a series of interviews with Jack Schacht…To read the others see right-hand column “Categories” then “Jack Schacht.”

A Look At Today’s Environment…

T.G.I. Friday’s restaurant chain (887 units) is coping with what its U.S. president calls an industry-wide slump “unlike anything I’ve ever seen” in 25 years in the business.

Guests are increasingly (more…)

This is the seventh in a series of interviews with Jack Schacht…To read the others see right-hand column “Categories” then “Jack Schacht.”

Questions; When you found the company hitting a rut and was stagnating, what did you do? What actions (more…)

This is the sixth in a series of interviews with Jack Schacht, the founder of Illinois Trade Association, which was sold to IMS in 2006. The focus here reminds me of a session at a national convention on media two decades ago…where panelists Schacht related his experiences with (more…)

This is our fifth installment of questions to Jack Schacht, one of the premier trade exchange owners in the barter business. Jack started from his kitchen table in 1984 and sold his company for $4.6 million (cash) in 2006, after he built (more…)

This is the fourth installment of our interview with one of the most successful trade exchange owners in the United States. In October 2006 he sold Illinois Trade Association to Don Mardak’s IMS group. And now he’s sharing his experiences with our readers. We hope you find this series interesting and helpful in your (more…)

We continue our interview with Jack Schacht…

Do’er’s Dossier was one of BarterNews popular features, as we asked the person interviewed some interesting questions. When we talked with Jack Schacht years ago (more…)

Jack Schacht started his barter business in October of 1983 and left his management position to go ”full time” in March of 1984. Trade volume for 2006, when he sold his company, (more…)

In a little over two decades Jack Schacht, who started his trade exchange on a part-time basis from his kitchen table, leveraged his drive, focus, ambition, and intelligence into a cash payoff of $4,600,000 when Illinois Trade Association was purchased by International Monetary Systems, Ltd. (more…)