The sustainability of any business depends on its ability to either maintain and grow its current consumer base or develop and market new products and services to attract a previously untapped market. Or sometimes both as has been the case of the Ford Mustang. Facing competition from other automobile manufacturers for the “family car” … Read more
The question of the day: “Why is it so hard to come up with solutions to the nation’s most pressing problems?” Hopefully, the following example sheds some light on this often voiced critique of government as each option requires balancing opposing objectives. A recent conversation with a long time friend and colleague focused on … Read more
Many times, things that are easy to measure are unimportant, and things that are important are hard to measure. ~Michie Slaughter The above quote was made in reference to understanding the impact of charitable investments (i.e. grants, research and programs) by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership for which Slaughter served as its first president. … Read more
Among the issues holding up passage of a second federal COVID-19 relief package is whether additional financial assistance to individuals should come in the form of extended unemployment benefits to approximately 13.5 million displaced workers or a second round of stimulus checks similar to the $1,200 per adult and child in round one. On … Read more
BLOGGER’S NOTE: If length were not an issue, today’s post would have been, “Everything I Needed to Know about Women Voters in 2020, I Learned from Chuck E. Cheese.” Wednesday’s ABC/Washington Post poll results in Michigan and Wisconsin affirm what may be the defining difference between this year’s election and 2016, a gender gap … Read more