Archive for Economy
Will You Survive the Down Economy? Before You Start Cutting Money and People, Answer These 10 Questions.
My husband Mike and I had dinner out last night (was a great break after a long day.) The restaurant we chose is one that has great food, but….the service is sometimes a bit on the slow side. The last time we ate there the service was just downright lousy. I was served the wrong
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Gen Y Buying Power on the Rise
Young consumers in the US wield considerable buying power. Among 13 to 21 year-olds alone, over $120 billion was spent in 2007, according to The Harris Poll. Get the full story here on E-Marketer.com.Â
Boomers Planting a Debt Bomb
“The biggest U.S. financial crisis isn’t the housing crunch. It’s the government debt bomb being planted by baby boomers to explode in the faces of their children and grandchildren.” This is an interesting article in the Baltimore Sun. It really has given me a great deal to think about. We have certainly created quite a
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Jacci Schiff Gets the Pulse on Gen Y and the Econom
Jacci Schiff is an amazing Gen Y leader. She hit the streets two weeks ago in Washington D.C. for Y Talk Radio to ask a few Gen Y’s about their views on the state of the economy. Really insightful interview. Download the interview here. Jacci is a pro with interview style podcasts and pulled this
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“The hungriest wolves hunt the best”
The cover of the May Issue of Inc. Mag displays a picture of confident and quite sporty looking Gary Erickson who hit the big time from 1990-1991 when he developed the Clif Bar. The interesting thing about this story is that Erickson made the bar a household brand during a recession. The article shares case
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