This is my last rant for 2007: You get what you put up with. Two examples:
EXAMPLE 1. I went to a movie theater with my son and daughter over the holidays. This was the first movie I had seen in a long time at the theater (my husband and I usually […]
I talked with several people lately who not been able to find startup money from a bank without collateral. So they borrowed the money for the collateral. At over 11 % interest. Yikes!
I see several problems with this scenario. First, this new loan goes on your credit rating. Unless […]
“A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thin; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day, let me make a sound beginning, for what we ahve hitherto done is naught.” Thomas A. Kempis
As we draw close to the end of the year, we all seem to find ourselves reflecting, […]
With Apple stock nearing $200 I thought I would relate my Apple shopping experience experience this holiday season. The contrast between that experience and the one I had with Ticket-Master is illuminating.
I wanted to buy an iTunes gift card at my local Apple store. First, there were 3 young guys waiting for me as I entered the store. […]
You weren’t surprised, I’m sure. As small business owners, you and I are definitely concerned about paying for health care. The smaller the business, the less cash flow is available to pay for benefits. And costs continue to rise with no end in sight.
A November survey by the National Association of Professional Employer […]
As an electrical engineer by education I find over engineering to be one of the major sins of our age. Hence, I rail against it. Below is my most recent encounter with over engineering. Please, feel free to pass along your experiences with engineers who make things because they can, not because they should.
I love Toyota […]
If you celebrate Christmas, we hope you are somewhere safe and warm, and that you are celebrating with loved ones, or at least talking with them.
If you don’t celebrate Christmas, we hope you have this time to enjoy some well-deserved rest. Stay away from those malls!
Jean and family
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Recently, the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council released its rating of the various states by what it measures as the best environment for small businesses and entrepreneurs. http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/16/smbusiness/SBE_states_lists.fsb/index.htm Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council’s Unfortunately the big criteria is low business taxes.
The major criteria I would use is the mass of highly educated and trained people. […]
I’m on every no-call list I can think of, but that does not protect me from the solicitation phone calls from charities. When I receive a begging phone call, my first rule is to hang up the phone. Once I’ve determined that I’ve never heard of the organization, I don’t even listen to their canned […]
If you want to get in an argument with a journalist just tell them that every story, even straight news, has a point of view. Boy, do they get indignant. It’s just like you said that the emperor has no clothes. I’m sorry, but it is still true.
That said, there are at least 2 places you […]
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