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“A Rose By Any Other Name…”
Which phrase resonates more with you? Capitalism? Or free enterprise? Protectionism? Or isolationism? The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (a private organization) is about to launch…
August 18, 2009Ryanair: No Service, No Apologies, No Problem! A Different Approach to Value
In general, I’m a BIG proponent of customer service, mainly because I think it is what people want, what they have a right to expect,…
August 11, 2009“You are the way you are because…”
“You are the way you are because that’s the way you want to be. If you really wanted to be any different, you would be…
August 4, 2009“How David Beats Goliath”
“How David Beats Goliath” is a fascinating New Yorker magazine article by Malcolm Gladwell, the author of The New York Times non-fiction best sellers “The…
July 1, 2009The Joys of Honest Labor
I like to fix things, make them better. Make them run more efficiently and effectively. Produce more output with less effort. My dad was a…
June 30, 2009Sounds Like Life To Me
I was surfing the radio, looking for some music, driving back to Gainesville from a University of Florida Gator Boosters board meeting in Orlando, when…
June 23, 2009PopCap: Sometimes Stuff Just Happens
Passengers of the U.S. Airways flight that landed recently in New York City’s Hudson River are having a hard time getting the airline’s insurance company…
June 19, 2009What You Make of It
There is a website I like called Post Secrets, that every Sunday posts a fresh batch of annotated, highly-creative and visual postcards sent to them…
June 11, 2009Love: Noun or Verb?
Is love a noun, something you simply feel, something that just is? Is love something that exists of and by itself, that springs fully formed…
June 10, 2009PopCap: Massive Stimulus = Massive Fraud
(A Populist Capitalist Blog) As the federal government prepares to flood the American economy with its multi-trillion dollar stimulus package, there are two things I…
May 29, 2009The Rashomon Effect
“Rashomon” is a classic 1950s black and white Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa. The movie depicts the (possible? probable?) rape of a woman and (apparent)…
May 28, 2009