People don’t often consider logistics to be an interesting topic. But getting logistic right can make or break your business. Logistics may be viewed as a way to get products from point A to point B, but there is much more to it than that. For a lot of businesses, getting the right […]
Whether your starting a business or managing a profitable firm, contracts are a very important part of business, and every company uses them in some form. You may have contracts suppliers and manufacturers, so there is a clear standard set in terms of what services you expect from them and how they expect to […]
Entrepreneurship is in some ways like any other job. You show up, you work, you go home. You pay yourself at the end of the month and enjoy witty banter with your colleagues… But that’s pretty much where the similarity ends.
A baby pooping all over themselves in public can be a crisis… It’s really bad if the clothes are covered in poop- and you can’t get to a washer for hours. If you just change the baby and keep the clothes in a diaper bag, the clothes might be ruined. There’s now a solution. I […]
“Stay Calm And Vape On” The phrase was on the license plate frame of a Chrysler Town and Country minivan. The late day sun was trying to peek though the windshield, but the interior was full of smoke. It was as if Cheech and Chong were driving the kids home from soccer.
New Year’s Eve presents the opportunity to, as a friend of mine said, “get into a car and race all of the drunks back home.” Something I hope we all avoid (hey- use Uber). As we turn the page and move into 2018, it’s an appropriate time to ask the question: Is Tesla bankrupt? What […]
So, I’m driving behind a commercial pickup truck that had this sign on the back: “Not responsible for broken windows” On the back of the truck’s cab, it had this sign: “ Stay back 100 feet. Not responsible for broken windows.” Really, bro? It seems a little unrealistic to think that you can pile a […]
Complexity can kill. I saw it 20 years ago, and I’m seeing it today, and it’s one of three hard truths about economic and finance. Here’s what I mean: So I was working out at the gym today, and CNBC had yet another story on Coinbase, which is a marketplace where Americans to buy and […]
So, I’m trudging down the hall of “Acme Hotel” at 11pm on Thanksgiving night with my family and our luggage. I drove five hours to get to Thanksgiving dinner, I ate and drank quite a bit (driver was sober- not to worry), and all of us just wanted to go to bed. I noticed some […]
Cash is more important than profit. Even a profitable company can struggle without generating sufficient cash flow. I worked with a highly successful residential plumbing company for several years- who doesn’t need plumbing? Clients must be falling out of the sky, right? But there was a problem: the firm had taken on a huge commercial […]