An older “adage” about interviewing updated to today… Interviewer: How long have you been designing websites for? Candidate: Five years Interviewer: Do you understand HTML CSS and Photoshop? Candidate: Yes, Yes and Yes Interviewer: Can you design responsive sites? Candidate: Absolutely Interviewer: Javascript, PHP, Ruby and HTML5? Candidate:...

This is the first post of a series on Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A).  I’ve experienced both the buyer side and the seller side of this process and plan to share some of my insights on buying and selling companies, and the M&A process. I know way too much about PowerPoint. I no longer had “hat head”. I had “headset head”. With the number of...

What are the pros and cons of raising your prices?  What are the risks and benefits of raising your prices?  Interestingly enough, at least to me, I did a search today for some background information on this. Result number one?  ”The pros and cons of rising-rate CDs”.  I can live with that, even if it is irrelevant to me.  Result number two?...

Albert Einstein once said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Why is it that so many businesses today are strictly focused on cost cutting as opposed to internal innovation?  Please note that I say “strictly” – I do believe that fiscal conservatism is very...

After having driven eight hours from Rockland County to Albany a few hours after Hurricane Irene smacked the region – a drive that normally takes two hours – I had the opportunity to reflect on the destruction and all of the rebuilding that will need to take place. I made a Facebook post: “The loss of life during Irene was tragic, as was the loss of...

A number of years ago you couldn’t walk into your office with a Starbuck’s Coffee in hand without someone saying, “You went to Starbucks and didn’t tell me???”  They didn’t say, “You bought a cup of coffee?”  It was, “You went to Starbucks??” When Apple releases a new product there are lines out their door...

I always think that certain things were taught in “Leadership 101″ class, but when I read articles like this one – I sometimes realize how easy it is to lose touch with your customers as your business grows or you climb the corporate ladder. The link is to an open letter from a senior RIM (the makers of the Blackberry) executive to the RIM...