No, “the sandwich generation” phrase has nothing to do with eating sandwiches while watching “Leave it to Beaver.” It means that Baby Boomers are stuck in the middle - taking care of children and aging parents at the same time.
I’m finally out of the “sandwich” phase. My mother and mother-in-law both died within the […]
Bad things happen to everyone all the time. If they start happening regularly then something more fundamental is wrong. For example, computer outages occur. Computer operations are a highly complex arrangement of resources. Any of the pieces can fail from time to time causing a major problem. Nevertheless, when a major problem arises management needs […]
In an article in the American Chronicle, writer Michael Masterson says Baby Boomer loss of earning power and decreasing nest eggs will drive the economy further into a recession (although he doesn’t use the word), and he has many dire predictions for the next decade or so, including the slow death of the wristwatch (?). […]
In other words, do all Baby Boomers tend to vote for Baby Boomers?
There seems to be a clear generational component in the current Presidential elections this year. We have a range from John McCain in his 70s to Barak Obama in his 40s, with Hillary Clinton in between at 60. In this post […]
If you are considering leaving your job and becoming self-employed, Jeff Williams at BizStarters suggests you start working on several elements of your proposed business now, while you’re still working. See his suggestions here:
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I was at a quilting class yesterday and the woman next to me was talking about working on a Master’s degree in administration online. She looked to be just a few years younger than me. Ok, I thought, why not? Then, in her next breath, she said she was going to […]
On page b1 of today’s WSJ (2/15/08) there is a very interesting article about the finances of Silicon Valley start-ups, In Silicon Valley, Start-Ups Hitting the Breaks. Bottom line, venture investors are telling high tech start-ups to build up their financial strength. The bad news is that these high flying and very aggressive investors are […]
I decided to create a Valentine’s Day tribute to a great baby boomer small business person. This was a tough one. I thought about Warren Buffet, who is one of my favorite people, but he’s not exactly a “small business” person nor a baby boomer. Bill Gates is a boomer but not exactly […]
By definition a crisis is something for which there is no plan and preperation. I have found that the organizations that respond best in these siutations are the ones who are well organized and have solid day to day operations. These organizations function very well in their day to day environment. They do not move from crisis to crisis. […]
I live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where we will have a Presidential primary next Tuesday. Outside of the record amount of snow on the ground, I feel positive about the entire primary process to date.
The really good news is that we are not being bombarded by political ads, though pollsters as all over us. McCain has it […]
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