Apparently, at one of the anti-tax “tea parties” in Texas, people were shouting, “secede. Secede.” Which would have been bad enough, but then the governor raised the stakes by not quashing the idea out of hand. While this whole thing is an over-reaction on the part of disenfranchised citizens, the whole idea intrigues me nonetheless. [...]
That’s right. Another year has come and gone, and it’s time once again to pay your uncle. Fortunately for you, he only wants between a fourth and half of what you made last year. But you can take comfort knowing that your selfless contribution blessed the lives of several people who didn’t work last year [...]
The other day, a man I know well asked for some help preparing for an interview. He owns his own business and is very successful by any standard of measure. His problem is he’s not a great interviewee. Even though he’s been successful in his career, he lack the confidence to sit in front of [...]
One of the problems I often see as entrepreneurs try to bring their ideas to fruition is a problem with scale. Just because GM works with however many hundred thousand employees (or maybe it doesn’t?) that doesn’t mean it will work equally well with you and two high school kids in your garage. Now, I’m [...]
I watched this winter as a business that had historically been closed in the winter decided to remain open. This is a thriving business with a large, loyal clientele. Because of the business they’re in, there should have been little difference between summer and winter levels of business. The problem was, nobody knew they [...]
I had a conversation awhile back with a young man who was thinking of going to medical school. This is a bright young man, talented and focused. There’s no question (at least in my mind) that he will not only excel in medical school, but that he will also be a very good doctor. His [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]