by Caleb Jones | Oct 16, 2012 | Business
Many years ago I rented one of those storage unit thingies. You know, the garages with the bright orange doors that you rent monthly to store all of your crap that you really should throw away but can’t bring yourself to? In my case, I actually had a reason in...
by Caleb Jones | Sep 18, 2012 | Business, Finance
There’s been a lot of talk in politics over the last two years about the “one percent” and the “one percenters”. Usually it’s a negative connotation. Today I’m going to forget about the political side of the discussion and...
by Caleb Jones | Aug 26, 2012 | Business
There once was an independently-owned supermarket with a clever and effective management team. They regularly met with customers and received feedback. Proactively talking to customers and determining what they want. So far, so good. During one of the meetings the...
by Caleb Jones | Aug 19, 2012 | Business, Time Management
Technology was supposed to help us work less. Nope. The average American workday is now 7:42am to 7:19pm. That doesn’t mean people are actually in the office the whole time. Because of technology, when the typical office worker leaves the office, they’re...
by Caleb Jones | Aug 3, 2012 | Business
Listed here are some of the more creative business tactics I’ve seen in my day. These stories are all true. Hopefully they will stimulate your brain enough to come up with your own cool business techniques to make or save money. Effortless Selling I once worked...
by Caleb Jones | Jul 22, 2012 | Business
My favorite evil food, my favorite break-your-diet-and-be-bad food, is the almighty Taco Bell. Yes, I know everything on the menu is just different arrangements of the same ten or so ingredients. Yes, I know their beef is the grade-D stuff, probably made up of...
