Consumption

A vital sign in any restaurant is the operation´s profitability possibilities. On Monday I wrote about the husband and wife team that would run a restaurant together. Kranston quickly pointed out that one...

Instead of focusing on the small business owner, I´m going to address the consultant who serves the small business owner. According to the US Dept of Labor and Statistics, service providers comprise about...

Finally, the food court concept has experienced a remake. With the bustle of Bloomingdales above, the transformed basement of Westfield San Francisco Centre, the big daddy of malls west of the Mississippi, attracted...

For years, business "leaders" would wring their hands at the growth of health care spending. "It's not productive" they would say. "It's a drain on the economy." Or, some economists are now suggesting,...

When you've set a goal for maximum cash flow you must keep your eye on the bottom line and reevaluate your cash flow strengths and weaknesses.

(Final installment in 4-part series) Here´s a sampling of companies using nanotechnology as a basis for their products who have received capital from venture capital firms such as Harris & Harris, Rockport...

Last night I watched the DVD version of U-571 , a sea adventure in the spirit of the classic World War II films of the 1940´s. Most of the action took place in...

(Blogger's Note: Every Friday an excerpt from the soon to be published book, Faux Pas is French for Restaurant, appears on this blog.) The memory of that first twelve hour day at...

Computerworld magazine offers five tips on how to prepare your computer network for videoconferencing and collaboration . The tips are a combination of technical and strategic. Tips are drawn from several consultants,...

It's upsell season. That's right, sell time. If you walk into any Starbucks' in the country currently, Howard and his marketing geniuses have little trays of their latest concoction on the counter, sampling...

One of my newest addictions is a site called Bare Naked App . Ryan and Gillian Carson, a married couple who are also business partners, are developing a new web application for public...

I love listening to George Jones. His voice is true, and real. His words have cut to the core, and helped me through many a love-done-gone crisis. Here, though, I am talking about...

Most medical practices are small businesses, and face the same challenges as other small businesses when it comes to health insurance coverage for their employees. Yesterday, USA Today published an article highlighting, well,...

A couple of stories in the news this week and a few ongoing developments remind of us of where computing is heading. 1. - Google *slips* and gives word of it's upcoming G-Drive...

Like with all professions, management is not for everyone . Most of us don't want to be accountants or engineers or stay at home moms and most of us should not want...

Customize your schedule for the heavy listeners and the light listeners will miss your ads. Plan to impact light listeners and you'll repel heavy listeners. You're going to miss half of the audience....

When a rocket launches it uses roughly 80% of its fuel just to take off (or so I've heard). Then, once it breaks free of the Earth's gravitational field, it can cruise along...

Merlin has mentioned this previously , but it bears repeating so I'll take a turn: First, get an account .  It's free and non-invasive.  Just choose a username and a password, that's...

Here are easy ways you can begin going green and saving money.