I am a lifelong entrepreneur and I love the challenges and opportunities presented by operating a small business enterprise.
Today, I am honored to manage an amazing resource for small businesses in Orlando, Florida, called the Disney Entrepreneur Center. I love my job!
This blog is an outlet to share my thoughts, ideas, and perspectives on small business with you. Please feel free to comment, add your perspectives, or just drop in occasionally for some food for thought.
I have worked for the largest business in the world (AT&T) and the smallest (my own), but I don't have all the answers! I do have lots of opinions, questions and ideas to ponder...so I hope you come back often to enjoy the journey into the mind of a serial entrepreneur!
1+1= Bankrupt
(General)
Wednesday, September 17. 2008
Ok… disclaimers again. I am not a financial wizard or an economist so do your own homework and check my math.
Did you know that the federal budget “entitlement” programs. (those which we have been committed to pay for every year to eternity) make up almost half of our federal budget? (State too) That means a shrinking percentage of our yearly budgets are actually under control of our lawmakers. These programs are considered “off limits” by our elected leaders for two reasons: #1 these programs were “promised to the people” and have been around so long they are now considered...
This Is Serious!
(General)
Wednesday, September 17. 2008
I am not an economist, and I am not a financial expert, … but as my mom used to say, “if it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably a duck.” As a country, a state, and a community, we are dealing with some serious financial challenges, and it is serious. Now, we have faced many difficult challenges in the past so I have no doubt that we have the ability to overcome these difficult financial times, but the question is do we have the willpower?
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, & Merrill Lynch are just the latest players in a very bad play. These...
Whoa Nellie!
(General)
Saturday, September 13. 2008
Have you ever stepped back in time and visited a place that reminded you of, “how things used to be?” Nellie’s café in Longwood is that place for me. Joyce was working behind the counter, in front of the oven, over the griddle, and at the register. She was a one-person phenomenon! They have been in business for just one year, but the food was just like “mom” used to make! People casually dropped in and she cheerfully engaged each one, as she took orders, cracked eggs, served up the fare that made every single visitor say…”That is the best I have ever tasted!”
I hesitate...
Speak To Me!
(General)
Tuesday, September 09. 2008
This space has been a wonderful outlet for my random thoughts, musings, and for venting my frustrations. However every once in a while. someone will mention a detail that was only shared here on , the blog...and I remember...oh yea, people are reading this! ...But do people stop in for a visit, and not leave me a message?...or join in the conversation? ...No way!....Now, I am used to talking to myself so I never thought much about it, but my latest web report shows that we have quite a few visitors/readers that visit this blog...Cool! ....But...very few...
I Am With Trash Can!
(General)
Tuesday, September 09. 2008
Life is good again... I have my trash can back! Thank you Mayor Bush, and please pardon the interruption!