Some will trumpet today’s announcement of a two-tenths of one percent drop in the June unemployment rate as great news, but in fact it just masks the truth of what is happening in the US economy: The administration is breaking the back of the job creators. Once again we’ve seen an unemployment rate drop due […]
I was just reading an article about the cable news ratings war for second place. (Fox News is firmly established in the number one position.) CNN had been trailing MSNBC, but has recently reversed its fortunes and is now on a winning streak. Critical in this battle is which network wins the highly coveted younger […]
Uber is celebrating its fifth anniversary and it certainly has accomplished a lot in five years. It’s hard to imagine another company that has so quickly established a global presence. The last figures I saw said that Uber operates in 300 cities strewn across 58 countries. Let’s compare it to Starbucks, which certainly has an […]
June has been DIY marketing month. I know, for many small business owners, every month is DIY marketing month. I highlighted what a few small businesses were doing a couple of weeks ago. But before June totally fades from our memory, let me share with you some ideas that I’ve been collecting throughout the month. […]
A rather unusual pair of comedic Christian missionaries – identical twins Rick and Mick Vigneulle – often conduct an “Attitude Check” program for high school students. One of the highlights is when they ask the teenagers to shout out what they think make people successful in life. They dutifully list everything the kids say and […]