Labor Day

It marks the symbolic end of summer and beckons the children back to school. It means a welcome day off for some, while it provides others with a chance for big pay day. It’s the first Monday in the month of September. It’s Labor Day. It provides union...

Economic Independence Day

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” And with the penning of these words by...

New Ventures

As every honest entrepreneur will tell you, starting any new venture is always more complicated than you think. The book version of “It’s Your Business” rolls off the presses this week. Publishing a book was certainly a new venture for me and it...

The American Dream

If he had one regret in life, it was that he never had a chance to bat in the big leagues. “I would have liked to have had my chance to stare down a big league pitcher. Make’em think you knew something he didn’t. A chance to swing at the sky so blue...

Mousetrap

“Mousetrap myopia.” It’s an affliction that many businesses suffer from at sometime or other. There is so much happening on the inside that we forget about what’s happening on the outside. “Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat...