I am not sure why, but I often think about businesses, business models and profitability. This inevitably leads me to businesses that perplex me insofar as I can’t figure out how they are profitable. Three Examples of Business Models I Don’t Understand Local Bodega, Deli or Coffee Shop in a Large City A Bodega is… Continue Reading
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My Experience At a Storage Auction
When a buddy told me about his love affair with Storage Wars I let him know I wasn’t a fan of the show despite loving Pawn Stars and Shark Tank but the conversation still gave me an idea. Why couldn’t this be another income stream? The idea seemed simple enough, someone who didn’t pay their… Continue Reading
Data Cleansing – How Clean can it get?
Your favourite espionage movie is likely to be full of tracking, monitoring and intelligence technology so sophisticated that it blows your mind to think it could actually be real. The military and national security services do use this stuff and from that same toolset – credit agencies use data cleansing technology. Your B2C operation can… Continue Reading
Would You Pay More for an American Made Good?
I was watching one of my favorite shows last week, Shark Tank, and there was a particular story that got me thinking. According to ABC Donny McCall, designed the patented made-in-America Invis-A-Rack, the most innovative cargo management system for pick-up trucks ever developed. This collapsible truck track can be unfolded in seconds to carry everything… Continue Reading
Turn Your Resolutions Into Good Habits
New Years is a time for making optimistic promises to yourself. Whether your goal is to lose weight, get your finances on track or fulfil some other lofty plan, almost everyone has some type of New Years resolution. Unfortunately, many of these resolutions are abandoned quickly, sometimes even before the last of the Christmas decorations… Continue Reading
Analyzing the Perception of the “1 Percent”
One of the reasons we are having Occupy Wall Street protests and backlash towards the “1 percent” is because the public doesn’t understand what it is like to have money. All they see when they hear about investment bankers and stock analysts is about the expensive cars, luxurious meals, and the near rock n’ roll… Continue Reading
