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  Our First Holiday Season as a Retailer

  12.26.12 | Permalink | Comments Off

  This month has made the classic book opening of a Tale of Two Cities ring true “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Since Half Moon Bay is really a Halloween town, we thought that perhaps we’d seen the peak of the season in October, particularly with an overall sluggish [...]

• Business, Coastal Stuff, Oddyssea

  Not Every Dollar is the Same

  10.21.12 | Permalink | Comments Off

  Having spent the vast majority of my business life creating and selling software; the business model I’m used to consists of relatively large expense dollars in the form of Research & Development (R&D) and Sales, Marketing, and Administration (SMA.) Since it’s software, the Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) tends to be noise leading to healthy [...]

• Business, Commentary

  You Work for Me Dammit

  10.02.12 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I’ve frequently railed against large companies abusing their customers in this forum. There are rants on United Airlines, Allianz Travel Insurance, Honeywell, etc. that detail the specific incidents so you can read them as you like. Yesterday, as I was fighting my bank for the 47th time on stupidity they’ve inflicted upon me as their [...]

• Business, Coastal Stuff, Commentary

  Are You Ready for the Upturn?

  09.10.12 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  The news from Europe is dire, the housing crisis of 2008 continues to echo as real estate markets bounce along the bottom, and unemployment/underemployment remains unacceptably high. This is the news you constantly hear in an attempt to get you to watch, click, read, and buy their product. If you are actually engaged in the [...]

• Business, Coastal Stuff, Oddyssea

  Great Video Overview of Oddyssea

  08.30.12 | Permalink | Comments Off

  Check it out: http://oddyssea.com/2012/08/30/oddyssea-video/

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