Business Leader Loneliness and the Antidote of Peer Forums by Brad Lee I vividly remember driving to my first peer forum meeting, thinking, “I don’t have time for this! What … Read More
Hans Christian Andersen recorded a folktale about a poor farmer who takes his horse to market to sell or exchange for something that will be more practical for his farm. … Read More
Strive for Antifragile, Accept Resilient, and Don’t Rely on Crowd-Funding When I was a child, my father was injured on the job and could never work again beyond sporadic and … Read More
Did you know that last year, roughly 1.66 million new homes were constructed? This includes single-family homes (975 million), 2-4 unit residences (54.8 million), and buildings with 5 or more … Read More
On the surface, investing in bonds is pretty simple. You buy a bond, which basically means you are loaning a company, a municipal organization, or the US government, the face … Read More
Strive for Antifragile, Accept Resilient, and Don’t Rely on Crowdfunding When I was a child, my father was injured on the job and could never work again beyond sporadic and … Read More
Everyone but the Owner is Ready for Retirement Many successful business owners (and their families) look forward to retirement. After years of hard work, retirement allows business owners to kick … Read More
There’s an old business school joke about an entrepreneur who prices his widgets at half the cost of making them. “It’s true I’m losing money on every sale,” he explains, … Read More
Bankruptcy Epidemic If you’re looking for something to worry about, consider bankruptcies. Normally, we see an uptick in companies filing for bankruptcy during recessions—for obvious reasons. An economic slowdown generally … Read More
Rates Moving Rates The U.S. Federal Reserve Board once again raised the so-called fed funds rate, the rate that our central bank charges lending institutions on overnight loans. Does anybody … Read More
