A.J. Proctor sent me this one. I haven’t verified that it really came from the St. Petersburg Times, but even if it didn’t, it makes you take a step back and think. Even if you doubled the offer, it wouldn’t cost one-tenth of what we just spent and it would have an amazingly bigger impact [...]
A couple of weeks ago I blogged that those who feed at the government trough would reap the whirlwind. Those words turned out to be prophetic in their accuracy as that’s exactly what happened today at GM when Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner resigned “under pressure” from our friends in Washington. This was done ostensibly [...]
I visited a hydroponic gardening business today and was educated in all things tomatoes. Who knew they grew higher than seven feet? This business has some huge greenhouses, filled with row after row of tomatoes – several thousand plants, producing thousands of pounds of tomatoes annually.
Even though the tomatoes are organically grown, and picked red [...]
I have been working with a company recently that is looking for a key middle manager. To say that the response to the ads was tremendous would be an understatement. They’ve received hundreds of resumes from people in all walks of life — attorneys, executives, secretaries, longshoremen, and everything in between.
While the response has been [...]
I have been amazed at the number of businesses in our area for sale. When you look at the “home seeker” magazine, it seems to have more businesses for sale than homes. Now, I know economic times are hard, etc., but this is no time to sell your business.
Even if you were planning to retire [...]
If You Feed At The Government Trough, Expect Regulations
20 Mar
Posted by awebb as Leadership, Management
I watched with frustration and anger – as you did – as AIG executives took over $150 million in undeserved bonuses. Then I watched in shock and horror as congress went about levying a “special” tax on the bonuses to “Get the American people’s money back.”
My Anger and frustration grow out of the fact that [...]
Betting on you may well be the best thing you can do in these economic times. Betting on someone else to make your money grow (vis a vis the stock market) may be a thing of the past (at least for the foreseeable future.) This is the age of the small business. Entrepreneurs will flourish [...]
I had an opportunity to speak to a bunch of business students at BYU-I last week, and it was a great experience. I had an opportunity to share with them what I think is the most important message we can share right now: that is, that this is not a time for gloom and doom. [...]
I bought a Toyota Camry Solara for my wife to drive. It’s basically a good car. But I got the shock of my life in that car the other day. We were returning to the mountain where it had snowed about 4″. We left the highway and started up the road to our home (which [...]
I read a great article in Inc. Magazine the other day (sorry, no link. I read it the old fashioned way — ink on paper.) The article talked about how business leaders today are struggling to make good decisions in these uncertain times. They illustrated how those who do, are grabbing huge shares of the [...]
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