I’m going to criticize writer’s in general for excessive navel gazing. What brought this on is the new show Californication . It’s on Show Time this summer. Whenever writers lose their imagination or get ”writer’s block”, that ficitious alement of the lazy, the decide to write about themselves. Sometimes it turns out well as in the movie Adaptation, but […]
Working with the right expert is money in the bank. Remember trades people are experts, investment advisers are experts, teachers are experts, car repair people are experts. Find people you can work with and appear to have their heads screwed on right then listen to them.
Last weekend we decided to stay in our current 10 […]
Always plan for what you don’t know that you don’t know. At GE we used 25%. You have to account for those delays that will cause you to spend resources while delaying your cash inflow. They happen from the most unexpected places.
Yesterday was a beautiful day, just perfect for me to tape a yoga session […]
The past month has been busy with family business (elderly in-laws) and the weather has been very hot and humid. I’m shooting my video’s outside so hot and humid does make a difference. Because I haven’t been doing doesn’t mean I haven’t been thinking.
One glitch is that my audio-visual specialist has dropped my project. She’s my […]
This is the third and final time I’m going to mention that if you are a small business owner or involved in a start-up business you need to be in contact with your bank or other financial backers. Hopefully, you have been keeping up with the financial problems generated by the problems in the mortgage […]
Now it is the “D” word, draft. Not the NFL or the NBA, but the US Army, and maybe the Marines. Lt. General Lute, Deputy National Security Adviser for Iraq and Afghanistan, floated the Bush administration’s balloon. Do you think he did it on his own? Do you think it is coincidence that he did […]
“Most refiners are also counting on margins going back up soon. The lower fuel prices will attract fewer imports and reduce inventories, which will in turn result in higher prices, they say. Current inventory levels, although plumper than at the beginning of the year, remain at historical lows. This means that any disruption, from a […]
Men who get angry in the workplace are well thought of while women who express anger at work are demeaned. So concludes Victoria Brescoll, a postdoctoral scholar at Yale, after a recent study. This is based on the responses of men and women who viewed a variety of videos depicting workplace behavior. A scenario involving […]
I bet you did not contact your main financial supporter yesterday like I told you. You didn’t talk with your banker, venture capitalist, your parents, franchiser or whoever is providing you with leveraged capital. OK then do it today and a week from now and the week after that. Financial markets are shifting fast and […]
Friday the stock market took a hit because investors are getting very nervous about the credit markets. As someone who has a business or is in the process of starting one this is very important to you. I can here you saying, how so. You have a relationship with a local lender or your franchiser […]
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Written by Jean Murray [email] for b5media.
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