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Life After the Corner Office
For those of you in the Boulder area, a shortened version of my posting on Closet Entrepreneurs is running in today’s Daily Camera. Once a week, this local newspaper puts out a business section that includes posts from local bloggers, under a column called The Final Word. That’s where you’ll find my post. By coincidence,…
Read MoreThe Other Impact of Wal-Mart
Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal ran an article about the impact that Wal-Mart and other big discounters have on the economy. Contrary to most articles you’ll see on this topic, this is not another bashing. Eye-opening facts from the article: The U S has a $13 trillion economy. Wal-Mart, Target, and other big…
Read MoreThe Upside to Long Layovers
I recently flew to Portland, Maine to do a workshop. Unfortunately, my morning flight out of Denver was cancelled and I was re-routed through the Pittsburgh airport. I was pleasantly surprised to find wonderful shopping at the layover in Pittsburgh. How ironic. As the actual process of getting on a plane gets to be more…
Read More15 Minutes of Fame
Hey, if you aren’t on my distribution list for my ezine, sign up here. I just sent out the following to my distribution list: Okay, everyone deserves 15 minutes of fame and I think now is my time. In the June 26 issue of U S News and World Report magazine, I’m quoted in an…
Read MoreAirline Travel in the 21st Century
Seems odd to say 21st century. When I was a kid, I imagined that air travel would be glamorous and somewhat magical in the 21st century. Think of JFK and Jackie O debarking from Air Force One, down the steps of the plane into the arms of an adoring crowd. My trip yesterday to San…
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