Politics

  • Sooner or Later, You Have to Make A Decision
    Posted by on June 17th, 2013 at 9:38 am, Comments: 0

    There are different leadership styles.  Different leadership styles suit different kinds of companies and organizations.  Virtually everyone wants to see a leader as a “man [...]

  • New Pitch Deck You Have to See for Startup Called PRISM
    Posted by on June 15th, 2013 at 10:48 am, Comments: 0

    PRISM seed-stage Investor Deck from David Coallier If you have never been around angel investing or venture capital, you probably haven’t seen a pitch deck. [...]

  • The Politicians and the Ratings Agencies are Behind
    Posted by on June 10th, 2013 at 1:24 pm, Comments: 0

    Was on the Santelli Exchange on CNBC today.  I thought Josh Brown had a nice post last week, and I echoed those sentiments.  Smells like [...]

  • Sheep
    Posted by on June 9th, 2013 at 10:44 am, Comments: 0

    One of my portfolio companies is Smarteys.com.  They help people figure out how to best allocate the financial resources they have so they can lead [...]

  • Join Bruce
    Posted by on June 8th, 2013 at 7:38 am, Comments: 0

    Bruce Rauner announced his candidacy for governor.  Why anyone would want to be governor of Illinois is beyond the imagination of a lot of folks. [...]

  • Today’s Unemployment Number
    Posted by on June 7th, 2013 at 7:40 am, Comments: 0

    US Unemployment Rate data by YCharts The number that will come out today is just a tick on a chart.  It’s not a trend, it’s [...]

  • Pension Reform In Illinois, On the BackBurner
    Posted by on June 1st, 2013 at 8:01 am, Comments: 0

    Illinois public pensions are out of control.  Government at all levels is huge.  Those employees are guaranteed escalating benefits once they retire.  Many employees use [...]

  • Remember the Flanders Fields This Weekend
    Posted by on May 24th, 2013 at 8:30 am, Comments: 0

    It’s Memorial Day weekend.  What are you doing for it? Traditionally, Americans get together and have one of the first barbeque’s of the season. This [...]

  • America’s Best Days Are In Front of Her
    Posted by on May 21st, 2013 at 8:10 am, Comments: 0

    There is a new book out I would encourage everyone that’s an American citizen to read.  It’s called America 3.0: Rebooting American Prosperity in the [...]

  • A Solution to Obama’s IRS Problem
    Posted by on May 17th, 2013 at 6:51 am, Comments: 0

    The President’s IRS problem gets worse every day.  It looks very much like the IRS used it’s power to quash one of our inalienable rights, [...]

  • Education’s Next Stage
    Posted by on May 16th, 2013 at 8:11 am, Comments: 0

    This space will be light the next few days.  My eldest daughter graduates from college this weekend.  The family is headed down to be with her, [...]

  • Washington DC: It’s A Scandal Sheet
    Posted by on May 14th, 2013 at 7:45 am, Comments: 0

    In the last presidency, liberals were outraged because George Bush was in the White House.  They felt that he was illegitimate, and the Supreme Court [...]

  • America and Startups Need Immigration Reform
    Posted by on May 9th, 2013 at 7:44 am, Comments: 0

    There is a debate in the US Senate right now on immigration reform. Instead of doing what’s best for the country, it has descended into [...]

  • Legislating Against Education Innovation in Illinois
    Posted by on May 7th, 2013 at 9:22 am, Comments: 0

    There is no doubt among rational minds that the nation has a broken educational system.  People I speak with from both sides of the aisle [...]

  • Unemployment, Co-Working and The Santelli Exchange
    Posted by on May 3rd, 2013 at 2:42 pm, Comments: 0

    Was on CNBC today.  Rick Santelli had me on his show today to talk about employment, the economy and we talked briefly about the future [...]

  • Austerity is The Culprit; Not Bernanke
    Posted by on April 26th, 2013 at 7:48 am, Comments: 0

    As the world economy slows, austerity is being blamed.  Keynesians have ramped up their efforts to skewer classical economic theories by pointing out that since [...]

  • Startup In Illinois or Texas? What Should A Startup Consider?
    Posted by on April 23rd, 2013 at 8:29 am, Comments: 0

    In a fight to get more jobs for Texas, governor Rick Perry came to Illinois to talk about the business climate in Texas.  Mayor Rahm [...]

  • Time Stamp It: US Headed to Recession
    Posted by on April 5th, 2013 at 10:34 am, Comments: 0

    Unemployment was interesting this morning.  In earnings parlance, it would be called a “miss”.    No doubt, the mainstream media will use the word “unexpectedly”. Bears [...]