Happy Birthday Little Recession…

Hooray! Happy birthday to the recession! We’ve recently passed the one-year mark since the official crash and resultant “little” recession. How did you celebrate?
Actually, it hasn’t been just a little recession, has it? It has been, and continues to be, a big recession. A devastating one for many people. Unemployment at higher levels than it [...]

Obama Did What?

Oh, this is classic! I quote the May 21, 2009 headline from Adverting Age magazine… “Obama Halves Chrysler’s Planned Marketing Budget.”
The article goes on to say, in part,
“DETROIT (AdAge.com) — Chrysler wanted to spend $134 million in advertising over the nine weeks it’s expected to be in bankruptcy — the U.S. Treasury’s auto-industry task force [...]

Entrepreneur Magazine Got it All Wrong

Entrepreneur Magazine had a recent article called 3 Weeks to Start Up.
I couldn’t disagree with it more.
It starts out okay.  Tells you start with a viable idea, ask yourself if people need or want what you’re going to sell, if they’ll pay for it now, if they’re already paying for it.
These are the right questions [...]