Archive for July, 2008
Great business ideas solve a lot of ancillary problems
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008I was thinking yesterday how satellite radio made the long-haul trucker so happy. No more yo-yo-ing across the FM/AM dial. Solid continuous music with no yapping dj’s. Sure, it’s a no-brainer but do you really think XM and Sirius were built to help the trucker? I bet you their focus groups didn’t even spend 1 [...]
This economy gives us reasons to act and be better souls
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008One thing I’ve been thinking about lately – When things are getting rougher for all of us, I tend to max out the “pay it forward” part of my universe. I just sold a large deal in my day-job and it’s imperative for me to pay it forward. When I get voracious on a concept, [...]
Look to the trees
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008When you think something bad or awful that happens to you won’t pass, look to the trees. A great big oak is representative of thousands of maladies and bad times as well as all the good ones. While modern times require us think that everything has to be done right now, big trees remind us that the slow [...]
Engage
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008It happened again. I got a business connection out of the line at Starbucks. There are a few basic tenants of sales – You’ve got nothing to lose. You’ve got nothing to lose. You’ve got nothing to lose. Break out today and see if you can make a new connection that will provide a new [...]
Mugzy to the rescue
Friday, July 11th, 2008Haven’t you always wished that Ralph Lauren would pay you for wearing that $400 shirt? Well, now some of that notion is going to be possible. A bit in San Fran Mag tells all. I think this looping of commerce and all the different marketing verticals is due. One of the HH’s new business notions [...]
The gulf is still gulfy
Friday, July 4th, 2008A million white folks in every direction. 8 locations of Surf City. What else do you need? There’s probably two extra aisles of white bread at the grocery too but I dare not check. Met a guy on the marriot elevator yesterday (not here for more than 2 days) who had 72 cokes on his [...]
Down in the big easy it ain’t so easy
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008In new orleans for a coupla days and thinking about how capitalism, even with the best of intentions, can often fail a big place like this. Katrina wiped her out but it was on the brink prior and no one was looking. I was here in February of ’05, about 6 months before the big [...]