Publications

October 13, 2017

Weekly Report 17-42

• FIVE STARTUP BUSINESS MISTAKES that consistently “lead to frustration, dissention, poor performance, and often failure” almost always stem from: (1) Lack of strategic planning to encompass clarity & consensus of owners/managers as to Goals, Objectives, and Timelines; (2) Shortcutting management talent to optimize operations, marketing, sales, personnel and finance; (3) Overestimating revenues, which typically... Continue
October 4, 2017

Weekly Report 17-41

THE DYING ART OF DISAGREEMENT! Once upon a time, what used to be called a ‘liberal’ education involved learning “to listen & understand, to question & disagree, to treat no proposition as sacred and no objection as impious, to be willing to entertain unpopular ideas and cultivate the habits of an open mind… Quarrels over... Continue
September 25, 2017

Weekly Report 17-40

‘SYNTHETIC IDENTITY THEFT’ IS A SCAM WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR ONE IN FIVE CREDIT CARDS WHICH GO BAD. While the financial industry have spent years convincing retailers to upgrade card terminals to accept computer chips (which supposedly prevent crooks from stealing CC numbers), “synthetic fraudsters simply buy stolen social security numbers, then combine them with a... Continue
September 18, 2017

Weekly Report 17-39

“FACIAL RECOGNITION IS NOT JUST ANOTHER TECHNOLOGY.” The fast-expanding capacity to “record, store, and analyze images of faces on a vast scale, painting computerized data onto the real world – might change the texture of social interactions… If your partner can spot every suppressed yawn, or your boss every grimace of irritation, marriages and working... Continue
September 9, 2017

Weekly Report 17-38

“EFFECTIVE PEOPLE DON’T JUST KNOW WHAT TO DO, THEY KNOW They have concrete goals – essentially a vision of what they want to achieve. “In short, they have purpose, which informs everything they do. That’s why remarkable people appear so dedicated, organized and consistently on task, quick to eliminate roadblocks and put aside distractions that... Continue