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If you read the previous article, you are aware that business people are always looking for the next development, trend, style, or creation from which they may derive a competitive advantage. In considering how and what one’s business may bring to the market, there are generally two ways to approach this concern. One way is [ READ MORE ]
Leaders have characteristics which are uncommon, and they utilize those characteristics to lead, convince, persuade others to their point of view. In short, leaders have the ability to enroll others to their way of thinking. How is that done? It is done via numerous behaviors. At times being bold to chart a pathway. At other [ READ MORE ]
Many businesses begin. Most businesses fail. Some survive. Few flourish. Why? There are as many answers to the above question as there are authors boasting an answer. In almost every issue of every business publication produced, theories are promulgated as to THE true answer. To this author, it’s a two-part question: - What is your vision? - [ READ MORE ]
As our economy moves, many of our citizens follow. If bad times are predicted, we tighten our belts and gird ourselves for a coming business slow-down, and the possibilities of real and personal financial losses seize our hearts and minds while our behaviors follow. One avenue to divert such economy-damaging behavior is to report a [ READ MORE ]
“You probably heard about the recent story in the news about how a 7-year old girl’s lemonade stand was shut down by health inspectors in Oregon because she failed to get a $120 temporary restaurant license. Marc Faber was recently carded for a beer at the Chicago airport (he is 64 years old).” These stories and [ READ MORE ]
On Tuesday, August 10th, Peter Schiff lost the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in the State of Connecticut. Linda McMahon was the winner of the primary with 49% of the vote compared to Rob Simmons at 28% and Peter Schiff at 23%. Peter Schiff understands our economy, and the danger hyperinflation represents to all U.S. [ READ MORE ]
For many years U.S. companies have courted China as a source of cheap labor, and thereby reduced manufacturing costs. Initially, companies found financial success in trading off increased transportation costs for significently lower labor costs. Those days are past. The promise of cheap labor was realized, but the exchange involved long shipping distances, long lead [ READ MORE ]
It doesn’t take a Harvard MBA to understand that a better mouse trap does not guarantee success. What seems to ensure some degree of success is a business model which works. Okay, so how does one know it will work? One knows it will work when it works. More than a little circular reasoning here, [ READ MORE ]
The average American now spends 59 hours per month on the Internet. He /she visits 90 websites, views 2621 pages and spends 7 hours on Facebook. Why is this important? Like most “important” determinations, it relates to money, and how we spend it. For example, if your friend on Facebook dishes a Chevy, are you [ READ MORE ]
For several centuries now, having the word “Doctor” in front of one’s name implied the ability to cure sickness, return the ailing to health, and leap tall buildings with a single bound. Well, ah, not exactly, but close. Medical doctors were respected for the knowledge they supposedly held, and for their ability to review a patient’s [ READ MORE ]