July 30th, 2008 at 12:44am |
Growing numbers of Chinese companies are quietly setting up operations in the U.S., even as trade with China has ignited loud debates in Congress.
Recently a delegation of 40 people came to America to find partners for investments by them in America. I was invited to attend the one in Illinois.
My opinion of the event is [...]
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July 30th, 2008 at 12:18am |
I believe that the finest toys we ever had are the ideas found on the playgrounds of our imaginations. As we grow older and wiser, our childhood memories become a novelty of sorts. We say, “I remember when” more frequently as the years go by. My most vivid memories are attributed to my parents.
The size [...]
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July 30th, 2008 at 12:11am |
Although lately some individuals have doubted the efficiency of the American worker, no one can dispute the effect that American ingenuity has had in shaping the world. The American entrepreneurs’ creative desire for innovation has fostered many revolutionary products and industries, including electricity, the light bulb, semiconductors, and personal computers.
American research and development remains the [...]
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July 30th, 2008 at 12:03am |
Many owners of small to medium size companies do not have documented business plans and see little value in planning.
Entrepreneurs with an idea are confident that it will work and want to move forward to start their own company.
All of these people have the feeling that a business plan is only written to raise money. [...]
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July 29th, 2008 at 12:21am |
Unfortunately, there are no exact formulas for calculating private equity investment deals. Here are some general guidelines for U.S. startups that may be helpful.
First, get an investment banker to act as an intermediary in the negotiations. Get someone who specializes in putting these deals together. Most entrepreneurs will do this once or twice or three [...]
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July 29th, 2008 at 12:12am |
Our lives are made up of a million moments, spent in a million different ways. Some are spent searching for love, peace and harmony. Others are spent surviving day to day. But there is no greater moment than when we find that life, with all its joys and sorrows, is meant to be lived one [...]
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July 27th, 2008 at 11:58pm |
An obvious answer is that you may miss important information, mistake instructions, etc., if you don’t listen. But in addition, when you really listen to people, you’ll find that they are more receptive to your ideas and statements. People like to be listened to. They really appreciate it when someone seems to hear them and [...]
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July 27th, 2008 at 11:47pm |
At about the same moment the program chairman was announcing her name, Nancy felt a trickle of sweat break away from the sanctuary of her left sideburn and begin a ticklish descent down the side of her face.
Mopping her flushed face, she adjusted the mike, conscious of a tightening of her throat muscles. In stunned [...]
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July 17th, 2008 at 10:45pm |
The late Chris Farley, one of my favorite comedians, did a series of skits in which he plays a manic character named Matt Foley.
No matter how many times I watch the re-runs, I have to laugh when Farley, in falling-down pants and a tight dress shirt, hunches over and bellows, ‘My name is Matt Foley, [...]
Read the rest of Instead of motivation, what we really need is to set some new goals for ourselves.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:28pm |
A few weeks ago one of my readers asked me why I had never written anything on leadership. Frankly, I didn’t know what to say. I thought I had been writing about leadership. But, as the reader pointed out, I hadn’t been very explicit in that area. I think maybe she was right. I’m sure [...]
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