Sep

27

Angel Food Ministries

September 27, 2008 | Comments Off

Different people try to address the middle class crunch.  Some try to convert middle class into poor people by giving them government help.  Others, just try to help them get more value for their dollars: like the Angel Food Ministries.  A friend of ours referred us to them, and now I reffer them to you.
The [...]

Sep

15

Technology is Everybody’s Responsibility / Green Energy Technology

September 15, 2008 | Comments Off

Often, in social conversations, I listen to people saying that the solution to our Energy Crisis lies in discovering or creating new Technology that will enable us to be more efficient, greener, or produce safe/clean energy cheaper. More often than not these people are nor scientists or engineers. More often than not I get the [...]

Sep

11

5 Years Experience: The Sweet Spot

September 11, 2008 | Comments Off

I find that a person with 10 years of experience is one of two things: A great Vice President, or a Terrible Individual Contributor. And yes, I say it from personal experience, using my freedom of speech and expecting some of you to freely disagree. The former can lead with experience, the latter is an [...]

Sep

11

Best Work Under Pressure?

September 11, 2008 | Comments Off

Many people have told me: “I do my best job under pressure!”.
I always wonder what this means? For many years, I did wondered which one of these does it means:

The adrenaline makes me produce the best results, without errors, and with careful attention to details that avoid costly reparations?
I don’t do too much/any work without [...]

Sep

10

Trademark Application

September 10, 2008 | Comments Off

On my primary business, we are in the process of re-branding our business to a more generic name that would be more appealing to other consultants interested in helping in the practice.  The name of the legal entity on which I hold my consulting practice remains the same, but we may want to add the [...]

Sep

9

Employee or Partner ? – Why Employees Earn Less

September 9, 2008 | Comments Off

Good, responsible small business owners tend to want to share the whealth and success with their contractors and employees: sometimes even much more than the contractors and employees deserve.  At least that is what I have observed.
At a particular point in time I was having an extremely profitable moment in my practice.  An ex subordinate, [...]

Sep

4

I Am Starting to Dislike Tankless Water Heaters

September 4, 2008 | Comments Off

My in laws swear by them (they live in a country where electricity costs are severe compared to the US).  I have thought about them, especially when I have to maintain three separate homes and the hot water heaters tend to break every 10 years or so.  But after reading the last Consumer Reports article [...]